Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Synonyms: Betiokytes Collignon 1965, Hemitissotia (Betiokytes) Collignon 1965
Parent taxon: Vascoceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2017
See also Aly et al. 2008, Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2009, Bulot et al. 2005, Chancellor 1982, Cobban and Hook 1983, Collignon 1965, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Gale 2016, Kennedy and Wright 1979, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1994, Sepkoski 2002, Summesberger 1992, Wright et al. 1996 and Zaborski 1987
Sister taxa: Fagesia, Infabricaticeras, Vascoceras
Subtaxa: Neoptychites (Neoptychites) Neoptychites cephalotus Neoptychites hottingeri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Austria (1), Brazil (6), Cameroon (10), Colombia (1), Egypt (2), France (4), India (1), Jordan (2), Mexico (4), Morocco (2), Niger (1), Nigeria (4), Romania (1), Spain (4), Tunisia (12), United States (7: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (2)
Total: 66 collections including 76 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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