Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Synonyms: Askoloboceras Van Hoepen 1944, Komeceras Van Hoepen 1944, Petinoceras Van Hoepen 1944, Spathiceras Whitehouse 1927, Terasceras van Hoepen 1944, Terascosceras Van Hoepen 1944
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Brancoceratinae according to A. Mosavinia et al. 2014
See also Cooper and Kennedy 1979, Förster 1975, Haas 1942, Henderson 1990, Renz 1971, Sepkoski 2002, Szives 2007 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Brancoceras, Cantabrigites, Erioliceras, Neokentroceras, Parabrancoceras
Subtaxa: Hysteroceras aequatorealis Hysteroceras andinum Hysteroceras antipodeum Hysteroceras binum Hysteroceras bispinosa Hysteroceras bucklandi Hysteroceras capricornu Hysteroceras carinatum Hysteroceras choffati Hysteroceras falcicostatum Hysteroceras intermedium Hysteroceras laferrerei Hysteroceras leanzai Hysteroceras multifalcatum Hysteroceras ootaturense Hysteroceras orbignyi Hysteroceras propinquum Hysteroceras pseudocornutum Hysteroceras pseudovaricosum Hysteroceras semileve Hysteroceras serpentinum Hysteroceras simplicicosta Hysteroceras subbinum Hysteroceras tectorium Hysteroceras varicosum Komeceras acuticostatum Petinoceras recuperator Terascosceras cariniferum
Type: Ammonites varicosus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (8 collections), Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Colombia (15), Curaçao (1), France (27), Iran (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (4), Mozambique (3), Nigeria (4), North Atlantic (1), Serbia (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (2)
Total: 77 collections including 136 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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