†subfamily Aspidoceratinae Zittel 1895 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Synonyms: Physodoceratidae Schindewolf 1925, Physodoceratinae Schindewolf 1925

Parent taxon: Aspidoceratidae according to H. Parent 2006

See also Garrido et al. 2018, Mesezhnikov 1984, Schindewolf 1925, Verma and Westermann 1973 and VillaseƱor et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Epipeltoceratinae, Euaspidoceratinae, Hybonoticeratinae, Peltoceratinae, Physodoceras, Pseudhimalayites, Simocosmoceras, Sutneria, Toulisphinctes

Subtaxa: Aspidoceras Benetticeras Chinamecaceras Clambites Cubaspidoceras Epaspidoceras Extranodites Glabrophysodoceras Intranodites Neaspidoceras Orthaspidoceras Pseudowaagenia Schaireria Simaspidoceras

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Italy (1 collection), Yemen (5)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (2), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of Algeria (6), Antarctica (1), Argentina (5), Chile (2), Ethiopia (2), France (14), Germany (9), Hungary (6), India (4), Iran (1), Italy (10), Madagascar (9), Mexico (8), Portugal (1), Romania (24), the Russian Federation (12), Somalia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (11), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Texas), Yemen (11)

Total: 152 collections including 217 occurrences

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