Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Parent taxon: Texanitinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996
See also Jones 1966, Kennedy 1984, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Sepkoski 2002 and Thomel 1988
Sister taxa: Aneuretoceras, Bevahites, Cryptotexanites, Defordiceras, Menabites, Neogauthiericeras, Paratexanites, Pleurotexanites, Reginaites, Submortoniceras, Texanites
Subtaxa: Protexanites (Protexanites) Protexanites thompsoni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Denmark (1), France (22), Japan (5), Spain (6), United States (9: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 45 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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