Porpoceras (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

Alternative spelling: Coeloceras (Porpoceras)

Synonyms: Platystrophites Levi-Setti and Pinna 1971, Telodactylites Pinna and Levi-Setti 1971

Parent taxon: Dactylioceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2022

See also Géczy et al. 2008, Géczy and Szente 2006, Howarth 2013 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Catacoeloceras, Collina, Dactylioceras, Nodicoeloceras, Peronoceras, Reynesoceras, Septimaniceras, Zugodactylites

Subtaxa: Porpoceras andraei Porpoceras crassicostatum Porpoceras planiventer Porpoceras pseudodesplacei Porpoceras tenellissimum Porpoceras vortex Porpoceras vorticellum Telodactylites eucosmus Telodactylites renzi

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (30), Hungary (10), Italy (2), Morocco (4), Spain (10), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 58 collections including 71 occurrences

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