Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
Alternative spelling: Crioceratites (Pseudothurmannia)
Synonyms: Georgioceras Wilckens 1947, Kakabadziella Hoedemaeker and Herngreen 2003, Parathurmannia Busnardo 2003, Prieuriceras Vermeulen 2004
Parent taxon: Crioceratitidae according to J. Klein et al. 2007
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Imlay 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acantholytoceras, Aspinoceras, Australopseudothurmannia, Balearites, Binelliceras, Crioceratites, Diamanticeras, Epanisoceras, Menuthiocrioceras, Paracostidiscus, Paraemericiceras, Sornayites, Spathicrioceras, Spinocrioceras, Subaspinoceras, Theodorites, Vutacuracrioceras
Subtaxa: Pseudothurmannia angulicostata Pseudothurmannia belimelensis Pseudothurmannia catulloi Pseudothurmannia grandis Pseudothurmannia jupiter Pseudothurmannia karakaschi Pseudothurmannia kohllarseni Pseudothurmannia mortilleti Pseudothurmannia ohmi Pseudothurmannia picteti Pseudothurmannia pseudomalbosi Pseudothurmannia renevieri Pseudothurmannia russelli Pseudothurmannia sarasini
Type: Ammonites angulicostatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), France (4), Georgia (1), Hungary (2), Italy (12), Japan (1), Morocco (3), Slovakia (2), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Spain (9), Tunisia (7), Ukraine (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 48 collections including 73 occurrences
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