Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites cephalotus
Synonyms: Ammonites telinga Stolickza 1865, Ammonites xetra Stoliczka 1865, Neoptychites crassus Solger 1904, Neoptychites gourguechoni Pervinquiere 1907, Neoptychites perovalis von Koenen 1897, Neoptychites telinga Stolickza 1865, Neoptychites telingaeformis Solger 1904, Neoptychites transitorius Renz 1982, Neoptychites xetriformis Pervinquiére 1907, Pachydiscus africanus Peron 1889, Pulchellia perovalis von Koenen 1897
Belongs to Neoptychites according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2017
See also Aly et al. 2008, Amédro and Hancock 1985, Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich 2012, Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2009, Chancellor 1982, Chancellor et al. 1994, Cobban and Hook 1983, Kennedy and Cobban 1988, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Gale 2016, Kennedy and Wright 1979, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1994, Powell 1963, Renz 1982, Reyment 1955, Reyment 1958, Riedel 1933, Solger 1904, Summesberger 1992, von Koenen 1897, von Koenen 1898 and Zaborski 1987
Sister taxa: Neoptychites (Neoptychites), Neoptychites hottingeri
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 96.8
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Brazil (6), Cameroon (9), Egypt (2), France (4), India (1), Jordan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Niger (1), Nigeria (4), Spain (4), Tunisia (11), United States (5: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico), Venezuela (2)
Total: 55 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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