Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Synonym: Drepanoceras van Hoepen 1931
Parent taxon: Mortoniceratinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996
See also Förster 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Whitehouse 1926
Sister taxa: Algericeras, Arestoceras, Elobiceras, Euhystrichoceras, Goodhallites, Mortoniceras, Neoharpoceras, Pervinquieria
Subtaxa: Prohysteroceras angolaense Prohysteroceras aplanatum Prohysteroceras decipiens Prohysteroceras dubium Prohysteroceras gracile Prohysteroceras involutum Prohysteroceras richardsi Prohysteroceras wordiei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (8 collections), Australia (3), France (14), Madagascar (1), Nigeria (3), North Atlantic (1), Spain (1)
Total: 31 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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