Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Parent taxon: Acanthoceratinae according to A. S. Gale et al. 2005
See also Cooper 1978, Ifrim and Stinnesbeck 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Stelck et al. 2002 and Zaborski 1987
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras, Acompsoceras, Alzadites, Benueites, Calycoceras, Conlinoceras, Cunningtoniceras, Eucalycoceras, Kastanoceras, Kennediella, Kunnamiceras, Microsulcatoceras, Nebraskites, Neocardioceras, Nigericeras, Paraconlinoceras, Plesiacanthoceratoides, Prohauericeras, Protacanthoceras, Pseudocalycoceras, Pseudovascoceras, Quitmaniceras, Sumitomoceras, Tarrantoceras, Thomelites
Subtaxa: Watinoceras (Watinoceras) Watinoceras amudariense Watinoceras coloradoense Watinoceras jaekeli Watinoceras reesidei Watinoceras thompsonense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (8), Cameroon (2), Canada (6: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Colombia (2), Germany (1), Mexico (4), Nigeria (1), Tunisia (1), United States (20: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico), Venezuela (2)
Total: 48 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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