Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Alternative spelling: Hoplites (Sarasinella)
Parent taxon: Neocomitinae according to P. Zell et al. 2015
See also Haas 1960, Imlay 1960, Imlay and Jones 1970, Reboulet 1996, Sepkoski 2002 and Vasicek 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthodiscus, Argentiniceras, Belbekiceras, Breistrofferella, Busnardoites, Calliptychoceras, Criosarasinella, Cuyaniceras, Dicostella, Distoloceras, Eleniceras, Frenguelliceras, Fuhriella, Hoplitocrioceras, Itierella, Kilianella, Limaites, Lissonia, Luppovella, Neocomites, Neohoploceras, Odontodiscoceras, Paradicostella, Parrasites, Paskentites, Protothurmannia, Pseudacanthodiscus, Raimondiceras, Rodighieroites, Sabbaiceras, Saynella, Subalpinites, Subthurmannia, Thurmanniceras, Wichmanniceras
Subtaxa: Sarasinella ambiguus Sarasinella angulata Sarasinella densicostata Sarasinella hirticula Sarasinella hondana Sarasinella hyatti Sarasinella sakalavense Sarasinella subspinosa Sarasinella uhligi Sarasinella varians
Type: Hoplites ambiguus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (5 collections), France (13), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (19), Romania (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (4), United States (4: California, Oregon)
Total: 52 collections including 66 occurrences
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