Protancyloceras Spath 1924 (ammonoid)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protancyloceratidae

Parent taxon: Protancyloceratidae according to J. Klein et al. 2007

See also Cantu-Chapa 1962, Myczynski 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Zell et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Cochlocrioceras, Juddiceras, Leptoceras, Parapedioceras, Protanclyoceras, Vinalesites

Subtaxa: Protancyloceras anahuacensis Protancyloceras barrancensis Protancyloceras catalinense Protancyloceras gracile Protancyloceras guembeli Protancyloceras hondense Protancyloceras kurdistanense

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Type: Ancyloceras guembeli

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Mexico (2), Poland (1), Spain (21)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

• Jurassic of Colombia (1), Cuba (11), France (1), Iraq (2), Italy (1)

Total: 45 collections including 52 occurrences

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