Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Alternative combination: Phylloceras knoxvillensis
Synonym: Phylloceras capellense Anderson 1945
Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1895. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133:1-132
Belongs to Phylloceras according to R. W. Imlay and D. L. Jones 1970
See also Anderson 1945 and Stanton 1895
Sister taxa: Phylloceras (Geyeroceras), Phylloceras (Goretophylloceras), Phylloceras (Gyrophylloceras), Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras), Phylloceras (Phylloceras), Phylloceras (Triphyllites), Phylloceras album, Phylloceras asperaense, Phylloceras bakeri, Phylloceras burckhardti, Phylloceras contrarium, Phylloceras cylindricoides, Phylloceras doderleinianum, Phylloceras duodecimsulcatum, Phylloceras empedoclis, Phylloceras gargantuum, Phylloceras glennense, Phylloceras guettardi, Phylloceras haloricum, Phylloceras hebertinum, Phylloceras hebertinus, Phylloceras heterophyllum, Phylloceras insulare, Phylloceras isotypum, Phylloceras kudernatschi, Phylloceras kunthi, Phylloceras lipoldi, Phylloceras lodaiense, Phylloceras meneghinii, Phylloceras micipsa, Phylloceras nilsoni, Phylloceras occiduale, Phylloceras persanense, Phylloceras praeposterium, Phylloceras psilomorphum, Phylloceras rouyanum, Phylloceras saxonicum, Phylloceras semistriatum, Phylloceras semisulcatum, Phylloceras seresitense, Phylloceras serum, Phylloceras shastalense, Phylloceras subplicatius, Phylloceras supraliasicum, Phylloceras timothyi, Phylloceras trifoliatum, Phylloceras velaini, Phylloceras vicarum
Type specimens:
- Phylloceras knoxvillense: Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc1003, One mile northwest of Cooper's Ranchhouse, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in California.
- Phylloceras capellense:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (7: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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