Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites belviderensis, Buchiceras (Sphenodiscus) belviderensis, Sphenodiscus belviderensis
Synonyms: Engonoceras uddeni Cragin 1900, Sphenodiscus uddeni Cragin 1900
Full reference: F. W. Cragin. 1894. New and little known vertebrates from the Neocomian of Kansas. The American Geologist 14:1-12
Belongs to Engonoceras according to A. Hyatt 1903
See also Cragin 1894, Cragin 1900 and Scott 1970
Sister taxa: Engonoceras complicatum, Engonoceras duboisi, Engonoceras elegans, Engonoceras emarginatum, Engonoceras gibbosum, Engonoceras hilli, Engonoceras iris, Engonoceras pierdenale, Engonoceras retardum, Engonoceras serpentinum, Engonoceras serpentinum, Engonoceras stolleyi, Engonoceras subjectum, Engonoceras wilkinsoni
Subtaxa: Buchiceras (Sphenodiscus) belviderensis serpentinus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Kansas, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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