Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Parent taxon: Peltoceratinae according to H. Parent 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gregoryceras, Metapeltoceras, Parapeltoceras, Peltoceratoides, Peltoraspailites, Prieserites, Pseudogregoryceras, Raspailites, Rursiceras, Unipeltoceras
Subtaxa: Peltoceras (Peltoceras) Peltoceras (Peltomorphites) Peltoceras berckhemeri Peltoceras convexum Peltoceras modeli Peltoceras occidentale Peltoceras oeschingense Peltoceras subtense Peltoceras trifidum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (2), Eritrea (1), France (11), Germany (3), India (3), Madagascar (7), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (10), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California)
Total: 49 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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