Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Fuciniceras (Matteiceras)
Parent taxon: Protogrammoceras according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Hillebrandt 2006, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Smith and Tipper 1996
Sister taxa: Protogrammoceras (Fieldingiceras), Protogrammoceras (Protogrammoceras), Protogrammoceras bassanii, Protogrammoceras ionicus, Protogrammoceras normanianum, Protogrammoceras pseudodilectum, Protogrammoceras serotinum, Protogrammoceras sublaeve, Protogrammoceras thevenini, Protogrammoceras (Argutarpites) meneghinii, Protogrammoceras (Paltarpites) madagascariense, Protogrammoceras (Paltarpites) gabillyi, Protogrammoceras (Paltarpites) paltum, Fuciniceras (Paltarpites) aequiondulatum
Subtaxa: Fuciniceras (Matteiceras) geometricum Fuciniceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) diornatum Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) isselioides
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (4 collections), Canada (3: British Columbia), Chile (2), France (26), Hungary (7), Iran (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 46 collections including 60 occurrences