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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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