Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Sphenodiscidae according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2019
See also Ahmad et al. 2015, Hyatt 1903, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 1999, Sepkoski 2002, Wright et al. 1996 and Zaborski 1982
Sister taxa: Coahuilites, Indoceras, Lenticeratinae, Manambolites, Sphenodiscinae, Sphenodiscus
Subtaxa: Libycoceras acutodorsatus Libycoceras afikpoense Libycoceras crossense Libycoceras dandense Libycoceras ismaelis
Type: Sphenodiscus ismaelis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Angola (2), Egypt (2), Jordan (5), Mali (1), Niger (5), Nigeria (6), Oman (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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