Metahoplites (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Parent taxon: Holcodiscidae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Almohadites, Astieridiscus, Gymnoplites, Holcodiscus, Jeanthieuloyites, Jeanthieuolyites, Parasaynoceras, Pseudovaldedorsella, Spitidiscinae, Taveraidiscus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Butkov Quarry, 7th level, Luckowska Formation, Central Western Carpathians (Cretaceous of Czech Republic)

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