†family Forbesiceratidae Wright 1952 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Forbesiceratidae

Full reference: C. W. Wright. 1952. A Classification of the Cretaceous Ammonites. Journal of Paleontology 26(2):213-222

Parent taxon: Acanthoceratoidea according to W. J. Kennedy and N. J. Morris 2018

Sister taxa: Acanthoceratidae, Brancoceratidae, Cleoniceratidae, Coilopoceratidae, Collignoniceratidae, Flickiidae, Hystatoceratidae, Leymeriellidae, Lyelliceratidae, Mojsisovicsiidae, Peroniceratidae, Prolyelliceratidae, Pseudotissotidae, Pseudotissotiidae, Sphenodiscidae, Tissotiidae, Vascoceratidae

Subtaxa: none

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

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