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†Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) Buckman 1926 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

Alternative spelling: Orthodactylites

Synonyms: Kedonoceras Dagis 1968, Kryptodactylites Buckman 1926, Tenuidactylites Buckman 1926

Parent taxon: Dactylioceras according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2023

See also Benzaggagh et al. 2022 and Howarth 2013

Sister taxa: Dactylioceras (Dactylioceras), Dactylioceras (Eodactylites), Dactylioceras (Iranodactylites), Dactylioceras acanthus, Dactylioceras alpestre, Dactylioceras amplum, Dactylioceras athleticum, Dactylioceras boreum, Dactylioceras commune, Dactylioceras consimile, Dactylioceras crassescens, Dactylioceras crassifactum, Dactylioceras crassiusculum, Dactylioceras holandrei, Dactylioceras kanense, Dactylioceras praepositum, Dactylioceras suntarense, Dactylioceras temperatum, Dactylioceras toxophorum, Rakusites pruddeni

Subtaxa: Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) crosbeyi Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) directum Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) semiannulatum

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (4 collections), Bulgaria (4), Canada (2: Alberta), Chile (1), France (12), Germany (2), Hungary (2), Iran (2), Italy (6), Morocco (4), Spain (49), the United Kingdom (2), United States (12: Nevada)

Total: 102 collections including 116 occurrences

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