Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites helcion, Brancoceras helcion
Full reference: P. Reynes. 1876. Description de quelques espèces d’ammonites qui se trouvent dans le Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de la Ville de Nice, précédée de quelques observations sur les principes de classification de ces mêmes êtres. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences et de l’Industrie 4:90-108
Belongs to Brancoceras (Brancoceras) according to W. J. Kennedy 2004
See also Collignon 1949 and Reynes 1876
Sister taxa: Brancoceras (Brancoceras) alternatum, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) carinatum, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) flexuosum, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) gignouxi, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) magneti, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) multicostatum, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) paronai, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) retrorsum, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) subcarinatum, Brancoceras (Brancoceras) subcompressum, Paroxytropidoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ambarimaninga (Cretaceous of Madagascar)
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