†subfamily Erycitinae Spath 1928 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Erycitidae

Parent taxon: Hammatoceratidae according to V. Dietze et al. 2017

See also Howarth 2013

Sister taxa: Fissilobiceras, Geczyceras, Hammatoceras, Hammatoceratinae, Podagrosiceratinae, Rarenodia, Zurcheriinae

Subtaxa: Abbasites Abbasitoides Cagliceras Erycites

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Canada (1: Yukon), Germany (4), Hungary (68), Iran (1), Italy (11), Morocco (8), Spain (20), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Alaska)

Total: 119 collections including 176 occurrences

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