Blanfordiceras Cossman 1907 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Alternative spelling: Blanforidceras

Invalid subtaxa: Blanfordia Uhlig 1905 [replaced name], Hoplites (Blanfordia) Uhlig 1905 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Berriasellinae according to J. Klein 2005

See also Garrido et al. 2018, Helmstaedt 1969, Imlay and Jones 1970 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andiceras, Banikoceras, Berriasella, Chigaroceras, Delphinella, Ellenaela, Euthymiceras, Fauriella, Hegaratella, Kossmatia, Lytohoplites, Malbosiceras, Neocosmoceras, Paraboliceras, Paraboliceratoides, Parandiceras, Renngarteniceras, Strambergella, Substeueroceras, Taleshites, Tirnovella, Riasanites

Subtaxa: Blanfordiceras (Blanfordiceras) Blanfordiceras acuticosta Blanfordiceras applanatum Blanfordiceras boehmi Blanfordiceras californicum Blanfordiceras cricki Blanfordiceras latidomus Blanfordiceras muktinathense Blanfordiceras rotundidoma Blanfordiceras subquadratum Blanfordiceras tenuicostatum Blanfordiceras wallichi

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Type: Ammonites wallichii

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Argentina (1), Ethiopia (1), India (3), Iraq (1), Nepal (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 12 collections including 23 occurrences

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