Polyptychoceras Yabe 1927 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Parent taxon: Polyptychoceratinae according to C. Ifrim et al. 2013

See also Kennedy and Summesberger 1999, Matsumoto 1984 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Oxybeloceras, Phylloptychoceras, Pseudoxybeloceras, Solenoceras, Spiroxybeloceras

Subtaxa: Polyptychoceras (Polyptychoceras) Polyptychoceras (Subptychoceras) Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Antarctica (7), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (47), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: California)

Total: 64 collections including 73 occurrences

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