Romaniceras Spath 1923 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Acanthoceras (Romaniceras)

Invalid subtaxa: Kossmatia Yabe 1927, Tunesites [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Euomphaloceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2017

See also Arkell et al. 1957, Barroso-Barcenilla 2004, Barroso-Barcenilla 2007, Chancellor et al. 1994, Cooper 1978, Haas 1942, Kennedy et al. 2015, Kennedy and Cobban 1988, Kennedy and Cobban 1988, Kennedy et al. 2008, Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto and Skwarko 1991, Matsumoto and Skwarko 1993, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Burroceras, Codazziceras, Euomphaloceras, Hourcqiceras, Kamerunoceras, Lotzeites, Morrowites, Paraburroceras, Paramammites, Pseudaspidoceras, Shuparoceras

Subtaxa: Romaniceras (Neomphaloceras) Romaniceras (Obiraceras) Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Romaniceras (Yubariceras) Romaniceras deverioides Romaniceras pseudodeverianum Romaniceras uchauxiense

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Cameroon (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Colombia (1), France (3), Japan (7), Mexico (6), Morocco (2), Nigeria (2), Papua New Guinea (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2), Tunisia (1), United States (30: California, New Mexico), Venezuela (1)

Total: 65 collections including 82 occurrences

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