Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Full reference: G. Delanoy, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, J.J. Ruiz and D. Tolós Lládser. 2013. Xerticeras gen. nov., a new genus of micromorphic heteromorph ammonite (Ancyloceratina, Ancyloceratidae)from the lower Aptian of Spain. Carnets de Géologie [Notebooks on Geology] CG2013_A02:89-103
Parent taxon: Ancyloceratidae according to G. Delanoy et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ammonitoceras, Ancyloceratinae, Anisoceratinae, Audouliceras, Australiceras, Colchidites, Koeneniceras, Leptoceratinae, Lithancylus, Paracrioceras, Pedioceras, Proaustraliceras, Pseudoaustraliceras, Pseudocrioceras, Shastoceras, Tonoceras, Volgoceratoides
Subtaxa: Xerticeras salasi
Type: Xerticeras salasi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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