Forresteria Reeside 1932 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Alternative spelling: Barroisiceras (Forresteria)

Synonyms: Eboroceras, Neokanabiceras Collignon 1965

Full reference: J. B. Reeside. 1932. The Upper Cretaceous ammonite genus Barroisiceras in the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 170(B):9-21

Parent taxon: Barroisiceratinae according to W. J. Kennedy 1995

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Kennedy 1984, Kennedy and Wright 1983, Parnes 1964, Sepkoski 2002, Thomel 1988 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Barroisiceras, Diaziceras, Kondiloceras, Niceforoceras, Pseudobarroisiceras, Solgerites, Yabeiceras

Subtaxa: Barroisiceras (Forresteria) basseae Forresteria (Forresteria) Forresteria (Harleites) Forresteria forresteri Forresteria pitalensis Forresteria stantoni

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Type: Barroisiceras (Forresteria) forresteri

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (7), Cameroon (2), France (22), Israel (2), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Nigeria (2), Peru (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1), United States (4: Colorado, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (5)

Total: 56 collections including 71 occurrences

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