Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Beaniceras
Parent taxon: Aegoceras according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Donovan and Surlyk 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aegoceras (Aegoceras), Aegoceras (Oistoceras), Aegoceras carpathicum, Aegoceras maculatum, Aegoceras nodoblongum, Amblycoceras glaucum
Subtaxa: Aegoceras (Beaniceras) costatum Aegoceras (Beaniceras) cottardiense Aegoceras (Beaniceras) crassum Aegoceras (Beaniceras) larzacensis Aegoceras (Beaniceras) luridum Aegoceras (Beaniceras) rotundum Beaniceras centaurus
Type: Ammonites luridus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (30 collections), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 41 collections including 59 occurrences