Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites binus
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1815. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XV to XVIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(15-18):179-234
Belongs to Hysteroceras according to O. Szives 2007
See also Haas 1942, Reyment 1955, Sowerby 1815, Spath 1922 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Hysteroceras andinum, Hysteroceras antipodeum, Hysteroceras bucklandi, Hysteroceras capricornu, Hysteroceras carinatum, Hysteroceras choffati, Hysteroceras falcicostatum, Hysteroceras intermedium, Hysteroceras multifalcatum, Hysteroceras ootaturense, Hysteroceras orbignyi, Hysteroceras propinquum, Hysteroceras semileve, Hysteroceras subbinum, Hysteroceras varicosum, Petinoceras recuperator, Komeceras acuticostatum, Terascosceras cariniferum
Subtaxa: Hysteroceras binum angusteumbilicata Hysteroceras binum lobitoensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), France (2), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Nigeria (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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