Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Synonym: Germariceras Breistroffer 1947
Parent taxon: Collignoniceratinae according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2001
See also Kennedy and Cobban 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Cibolaites, Collignoniceras, Collignonicerites, Gauthiericeras, Lecointriceras, Lymaniceras, Prionocyclites, Prionocycloceras, Reesidites, Subprionocyclus, Subprionotropis
Subtaxa: Prionocyclus albinus Prionocyclus bosquensis Prionocyclus branneri Prionocyclus californicus Prionocyclus germari Prionocyclus hyatti Prionocyclus macombi Prionocyclus novimexicanus Prionocyclus pluricostatus Prionocyclus quadratus Prionocyclus wyomingensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (7), Canada (2: British Columbia), France (3), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Nigeria (1), United States (70: Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 88 collections including 93 occurrences
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