†Onitshoceras Reyment 1954 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. Some new Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 4(3):248-270
Parent taxon: Desmoceratinae according to W. J. Kennedy 2018
See also Kennedy 1984, Reyment 1954, Reyment 1955 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Burckhardtites, Damesites, Desmoceras, Desmophyllites, Microdesmoceras, Moremanoceras, Tragodesmoceroides
Subtaxa: Onitshoceras matsumotoi Onitshoceras ponsianum
Type: Onitshoceras matsumotoi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), India (1), Nigeria (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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