Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331
Parent taxon: Ancyloceratidae according to F. M. Anderson 1938
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ammonitoceras, Ancyloceratinae, Anisoceratinae, Audouliceras, Australiceras, Colchidites, Koeneniceras, Leptoceratinae, Lithancylus, Paracrioceras, Pedioceras, Proaustraliceras, Pseudoaustraliceras, Pseudocrioceras, Tonoceras, Volgoceratoides, Xerticeras
Subtaxa: Shastoceras behemoth Shastoceras californicum Shastoceras shastense Shastoceras ventricosum
Type: Shastoceras californicum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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