Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Forbesiceratidae
Alternative spellings: Farbesiceras, Forbescieras
Invalid subtaxa: Cenomanites Haug 1898 [objective synonym], Discoceras Kossmat 1895 [replaced name], Neopulchellia
Parent taxon: Forbesiceratidae according to W. J. Kennedy and N. J. Morris 2018
See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Delamette et al. 1997, El Qot 2018, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy 2013, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 2005, Kennedy and Klinger 2008, Mosavinia and Wilmsen 2011, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Sepkoski 2002, Wagner 2020, Wright 1952, Wright et al. 1996, Young 1979 and Zaborski 1985
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Forbesiceras baylissi Forbesiceras beaumontianum Forbesiceras brundrettei Forbesiceras chevillei Forbesiceras conlini Forbesiceras largilliertianum Forbesiceras obtectum Forbesiceras subobtectum Forbesiceras varicostatum
Type: Ammonites largilliertianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Brazil (2), Egypt (1), France (8), Iran (2), Japan (4), Madagascar (5), Nigeria (7), Peru (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (12: California, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 56 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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