Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Metapeltoceras
Parent taxon: Peltoceras according to R. W. Imlay 1961
See also Jeannet 1951 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Peltoceras (Peltoceras), Peltoceras (Peltomorphites), Peltoceras aegoceroides, Peltoceras berckhemeri, Peltoceras bidens, Peltoceras constrictum, Peltoceras convexum, Peltoceras cricotum, Peltoceras kachhense, Peltoceras metamorphicum, Peltoceras modeli, Peltoceras monacanthum, Peltoceras neogaeum, Peltoceras occidentale, Peltoceras oeschingense, Peltoceras propinquum, Peltoceras semirugosum, Peltoceras subtense, Peltoceras trifidum
Subtaxa: Metapeltoceras baylei Metapeltoceras brunnschweileri Metapeltoceras diversiforme Metapeltoceras helveticum Metapeltoceras jurense Metapeltoceras rollieri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of India (2 collections), Madagascar (5), Switzerland (7), United States (1: California)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences