Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Alternative combination: Proplacenticeras pseudoplacenta
Belongs to Placenticeras according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2011
See also Cobban 1983 and Reeside 1955
Sister taxa: Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (8: Minnesota, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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