Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Oppelia)
Synonym: Flexoxyites Buckman 1924
Parent taxon: Oppeliidae according to N. V. Besnosov and V. V. Mitta 1993
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Baudouin et al. 2011, Sandoval and Westermann 1986 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aconeceratinae, Bonarelliinae, Bradfordiinae, Bukowskites, Cieneguiticeras, Distichoceratinae, Glochiceras, Glochiceratinae, Hecticoceratinae, Mazapilitinae, Naramoceras, Ochetoceratinae, Oecotraustes, Oppeliinae, Oxycerites, Paroecotraustes, Paroxycerites, Pasottia, Prohecticoceras, Streblitinae, Taramelliceratinae
Subtaxa: Oppelia (Oecotraustes) Oppelia (Oppelia) Oppelia (Trimarginites) Oppelia audax Oppelia glabella Oppelia haeberleini Oppelia kachhensis Oppelia karreri Oppelia mamertensis Oppelia nurrhaensis Oppelia orientalis Oppelia plana Oppelia subcostata
Type: Ammonites subradiatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (11 collections), Chile (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), Egypt (2), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (1), Switzerland (7), Turkmenistan (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 43 collections including 55 occurrences
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