†Lopeziceras Frau et al. 2016 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Full reference: C. Frau, L. G. Bulot, W. A. P. Wimbledon and C. Ifrim. 2016. Systematic palaeontology of the Perisphinctoidea in the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary interval at Le Chouet (Drôme, France), and its implications for biostratigraphy. Acta Geologica Polonica 66:175-204

Parent taxon: Himalayitinae according to C. Frau et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Boughdiriella, Dickersonia, Mazenoticeras, Micracanthoceras, Pratumidiscus, Protacanthodiscus

Subtaxa: Lopeziceras aristidis Lopeziceras chaperi

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Type: Ammonites chaperi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections)

• Jurassic of Yemen (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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