Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Parent taxon: Acanthoceratinae according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022
See also Cobban 1972, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1994, Meister et al. 1992, Reyment 1954, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras, Acompsoceras, Alzadites, Benueites, Calycoceras, Conlinoceras, Cunningtoniceras, Eucalycoceras, Kastanoceras, Kennediella, Kunnamiceras, Microsulcatoceras, Nebraskites, Neocardioceras, Paraconlinoceras, Plesiacanthoceratoides, Prohauericeras, Protacanthoceras, Pseudocalycoceras, Pseudovascoceras, Quitmaniceras, Sumitomoceras, Tarrantoceras, Thomelites, Watinoceras
Subtaxa: Nigericeras gadeni Nigericeras intermedium Nigericeras jacqueti Nigericeras ogojaense Nigericeras scotti
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Niger (14), Nigeria (10), United States (3: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico)
Total: 30 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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