Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Alternative combination: Hoplites bifurcatus
Synonym: Hoplites mexicanus Aguilera 1895
Belongs to Kossmatia according to A. Cantu-Chapa 2006
See also Myczynski 1989 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Kossmatia alamitosensis, Kossmatia dilleri, Kossmatia exceptionalis, Kossmatia flexicostata, Kossmatia kingi, Kossmatia kleinsorgensis, Kossmatia purisima, Kossmatia rancheriasensis, Kossmatia tehamaensis, Kossmatia varicostata, Kossmatia victoris, Kossmatia viterboensis, Kossmatia zacatecana
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections)
• Jurassic of Cuba (1), Mexico (20)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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