Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
Alternative spelling: Emericiceras
Parent taxon: Crioceratites according to F. Cecca et al. 1998
See also Förster 1975
Sister taxa: Crioceratites (Crioceratites), Crioceratites andersoni, Crioceratites barrabei, Crioceratites bituberculatus, Crioceratites claveli, Crioceratites coniferus, Crioceratites duvalii, Crioceratites emerici, Crioceratites heterocostatus, Crioceratites jurensis, Crioceratites krenkeli, Crioceratites latus, Crioceratites leivaensis, Crioceratites loryi, Crioceratites panescorsii, Crioceratites portarum, Crioceratites primitivus, Crioceratites tehamaensis, Crioceratites tener, Crioceratites villiersianus, Crioceratites yollabollium, Crioceras (Acanthodiscus), Crioceras obliquatum, Crioceras dilatatum, Crioceras munieri, Crioceras nolani, Crioceras picteti, Toxoceras blandi, Toxoceras stentor, Toxoceras cornucapri
Subtaxa: Crioceratites (Emericiceras) barremense Crioceratites (Emericiceras) imlayi Crioceratites (Emericiceras) thiollierei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Chile (12), France (7), Hungary (1), Italy (7), Morocco (7), Mozambique (1), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (21), Tunisia (1)
Total: 60 collections including 69 occurrences