Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Full reference: C. Frau, L. G. Bulot, and W. A. P. Wimbledon. 2015. Upper Tithonian Himalayitidae Spath, 1925 (Perisphinctoidea, Ammonitina) from Le Chouet (Drôme, France): implications for the systematics. Geologica Carpathica 66:117-132
Parent taxon: Himalayitidae according to C. Frau et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Ardesciella, Aulacosphinctes, Corongoceras, Dalmasiceratinae, Djurjuriceras, Durangites, Hegaratites, Hemispiticeras, Himalayites, Himalayitinae, Parodontoceras, Riasanella, Tithopeltoceras, Toucasiella, Windhauseniceras
Subtaxa: Parrasiella astillerensis Parrasiella galeanense Parrasiella juanensis Parrasiella latiumbilicatum Parrasiella rarifurcatus
Type: Durangites astillerensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Mexico (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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