Sphenodiscus Meek 1871 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Alternative spelling: Buchiceras (Sphenodiscus)

Parent taxon: Sphenodiscidae according to N. H. Landman and W. A. Cobban 2003

See also Hyatt 1903, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy 2004, Kennedy and Cobban 1996, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy et al. 1996, Sepkoski 2002 and Zaborski 1985

Sister taxa: Coahuilites, Indoceras, Lenticeratinae, Libycoceras, Manambolites, Sphenodiscinae

Subtaxa: Sphenodiscus aberrans Sphenodiscus beecheri Sphenodiscus binkhorsti Sphenodiscus brasiliensis Sphenodiscus corroyi Sphenodiscus intermedius Sphenodiscus konincki Sphenodiscus lobatus Sphenodiscus parahybensis Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Sphenodiscus prepleurisepta Sphenodiscus siva Sphenodiscus stantoni Sphenodiscus ubaghsi

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)

• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (2), Egypt (2), France (6), India (1), Jordan (3), Mexico (12), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (3), Senegal (1), United States (178: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 212 collections including 242 occurrences

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