Worthoceras Adkins 1928 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Parent taxon: Otoscaphitinae according to O. Szives 2007

See also Henderson 1990, Kennedy et al. 1987 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Yezoites

Subtaxa: Worthoceras platydorsatus Worthoceras pygmaeum Worthoceras vermiculum Worthoceras worthense

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Type: Macroscaphites platydorsatus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), France (1), Germany (2), India (1), New Zealand (2), United States (20: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)

Total: 27 collections including 32 occurrences

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