Libycoceras Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)

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

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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

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