Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Parent taxon: Acanthoceratinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996
See also Meister et al. 1994, Meister et al. 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras, Acompsoceras, Alzadites, Benueites, Calycoceras, Conlinoceras, Cunningtoniceras, Eucalycoceras, Kastanoceras, Kennediella, Kunnamiceras, Microsulcatoceras, Nebraskites, Neocardioceras, Nigericeras, Paraconlinoceras, Plesiacanthoceratoides, Prohauericeras, Protacanthoceras, Pseudocalycoceras, Pseudovascoceras, Quitmaniceras, Tarrantoceras, Watinoceras
Subtaxa: Thomelites eguituriense Thomelites flandrini Thomelites sornayi Thomelites tenereensis
Type: Jeanrogericeras sornayi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), France (4), Niger (3), Spain (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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