Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Spiroceratidae
Synonyms: Patoceras Meek 1876, Plagiamites Buckman 1925, Rhabdodites Buckman 1923
Parent taxon: Spiroceratidae according to M. R. Majidifard 2015
See also Besnosov and Mitta 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apsorroceras, Kumetaceras, Sikeliceras
Subtaxa: Helicoceras teilleuxi Spiroceras althoffi Spiroceras annulatum Spiroceras bifurcatum Spiroceras bispinatum Spiroceras cylindricum Spiroceras fourneti Spiroceras garani Spiroceras levigatum Spiroceras obliquecostatum Spiroceras orbignyi Spiroceras rarispina Spiroceras sauzeanum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (2 collections), France (1), Germany (2), Iran (1), Kenya (1), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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