Physodoceras Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Aspidoceras (Physodoceras)

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604

Parent taxon: Aspidoceratidae according to H. Parent et al. 2011

See also Atrops and Benest 1984, Garrido et al. 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and Verma and Westermann 1973

Sister taxa: Aspidoceratinae, Epipeltoceratinae, Euaspidoceratinae, Hybonoticeratinae, Peltoceratinae, Pseudhimalayites, Simocosmoceras, Sutneria, Toulisphinctes

Subtaxa: Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) circumspinosum Physodoceras burkarti Physodoceras widerai

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Type: Ammonites circumspinosus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), Germany (10), Hungary (3), Italy (5), Madagascar (5), Mexico (1), Romania (5), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 37 collections including 45 occurrences

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