Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Alternative spelling: Hoplites (Sarasinella)
Parent taxon: Neocomitinae according to H. Parent and A. C. Garrido 2026
See also Haas 1960, Imlay 1960, Imlay and Jones 1970, Reboulet 1996, Sepkoski 2002, Vasicek 2002 and Zell et al. 2015
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, Quintucoceras, 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 Argentina (1 collection), Colombia (5), France (13), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (19), Romania (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (4), United States (4: California, Oregon)
Total: 53 collections including 67 occurrences
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