Takahashiceras Hoffmann and Howarth 2015 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Synonym: Takahashia Matsumoto 1984 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. Hoffmann and M. K. Howarth. 2015. Takahashiceras - a new generic name proposed for Takahashia Matsumoto, 1984. Paleontological Contributions 15:1

Parent taxon: Lytoceratidae according to R. Hoffmann and M. K. Howarth 2015

See also Hoffmann 2010, Matsumoto 1984 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Alocolytoceratinae, Analytoceratinae, Ectocentritinae, Hemilytoceratinae, Lytoceratinae, Megalytoceratinae, Neocyrtochilus, Pleuroacanthinae, Pleuroacanthitinae, Tragolytoceras

Subtaxa: Takahashiceras eureka

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Type: Takahashia eureka

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ik1101, Katsurazawa pit, Ikushumbets river (Cretaceous of Japan)

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