Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Parent taxon: Peltoceratinae according to H. Parent 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gregoryceras, Parapeltoceras, Peltoceratoides, Peltoraspailites, Prieserites, Pseudogregoryceras, Raspailites, Rursiceras, Unipeltoceras
Subtaxa: Peltoceras (Metapeltoceras) Peltoceras (Peltoceras) Peltoceras (Peltomorphites) Peltoceras aegoceroides Peltoceras berckhemeri Peltoceras bidens Peltoceras constrictum Peltoceras convexum Peltoceras cricotum Peltoceras kachhense Peltoceras metamorphicum Peltoceras modeli Peltoceras monacanthum Peltoceras neogaeum Peltoceras occidentale Peltoceras oeschingense Peltoceras propinquum Peltoceras semirugosum 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 (4), Madagascar (13), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (14), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California)
Total: 61 collections including 103 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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