Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Parent taxon: Himalayitinae according to R. Myczynski 1989
See also Imlay and Jones 1970 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ardesciella, Aulacosphinctes, Corongoceras, Dalmasiceratinae, Djurjuriceras, Durangites, Hegaratites, Hemispiticeras, Himalayites, Himalayitinae, Parrasiella, Riasanella, Tithopeltoceras, Toucasiella, Windhauseniceras
Subtaxa: Parodontoceras calistoides Parodontoceras reedi
Type: Hoplites calistoides
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iraq (1 collection)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Colombia (1), Cuba (9), Iraq (3), Peru (4), United States (3: California)
Total: 23 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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