†family Knemiceratidae Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Alternative spelling: Knemiceratinae

Parent taxon: Engonoceratoidea according to L. G. Bulot 2010

See also El Qot 2018

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Glottoceras Hypengonoceras Knemiceras Parengonoceras Platiknemiceras

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Type: Knemiceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Ecuador (1 collection), Egypt (17), France (1), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (1), North Atlantic (1), Oman (1), Peru (24), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (22), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (7)

Total: 84 collections including 134 occurrences

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