†subfamily Peltoceratinae Spath 1924 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Parent taxon: Aspidoceratidae according to S. Jain and M. Mazur 2021

See also Alberti et al. 2011 and Parent 2006

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

Subtaxa: Gregoryceras Parapeltoceras Peltoceras Peltoceratoides Peltoraspailites Prieserites Pseudogregoryceras Raspailites Rursiceras Unipeltoceras

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Type: Peltoceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (2 collections), Argentina (20), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (2), Eritrea (1), France (24), Germany (5), Hungary (1), India (13), Italy (2), Madagascar (23), Mexico (1), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (35), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California), Yemen (1)

Total: 139 collections including 269 occurrences

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