Orbignyceras Gerard and Contaut 1936 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Parent taxon: Hecticoceratinae according to A. Jeannet 1951

Sister taxa: Ankobites, Brightia, Eochetoceras, Hecticoceras, Hecticoceratoides, Kheraites, Lunuloceras, Pseudobrightia, Pseudocampylites, Putealiceras, Rossiensiceras

Subtaxa: Orbignyceras hirtzi Orbignyceras kiliani Orbignyceras paulowi Orbignyceras pseudopunctatum Orbignyceras regulare Orbignyceras trezeense

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Type: Harpoceras pseudopunctatum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Madagascar (1 collection), Switzerland (30)

Total: 31 collections including 43 occurrences

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