Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Introduced as replacement name for Taramellia that this author admits is a junior homonym
Invalid subtaxa: Neumayria Bayle 1878 [replaced name], Taramellia Del Campana 1903 [replaced name]
Full reference: D. Del Campana. 1904. Faunula del Giura superiore di Collalto di Solagna (Bassano). Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 23(2):239-269
Parent taxon: Taramelliceratinae according to T. Sato and T. Yamada 2014
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Baudouin et al. 2011, Del Campana 1903, Del Campana 1904, Howarth 1998, Parent 2006, Schlegelmilch 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthaecites, Barthelia, Berniceras, Flexispinites, Lorioloceras, Metahaploceras, Popanites, Richeiceras, Rollieria, Scaphitodites, Sphaerodomites
Subtaxa: Taramelliceras (Fontannesiella) Taramelliceras (Hemihaploceras) Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras) Taramelliceras (Oxyoppelia) Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) Taramelliceras (Richeiceras) Taramelliceras (Strebliticeras) Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) Taramelliceras acallopistum Taramelliceras compsum Taramelliceras copsum Taramelliceras costatum Taramelliceras externnodosum Taramelliceras lochense Taramelliceras minax Taramelliceras subnereus Taramelliceras theoi Taramelliceras velox
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), France (54), Germany (12), Hungary (4), India (4), Italy (4), Japan (1), Madagascar (17), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Romania (37), Spain (4), Switzerland (19), Ukraine (2), United States (1: California), Yemen (5)
Total: 169 collections including 326 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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