Protexanites Matsumoto 1955 (ammonite)

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

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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

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