Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Alternative spelling: Barroisiceras (Texanites)
Synonym: Neoselwynoceras
Parent taxon: Texanitinae according to W. J. Kennedy 1995
See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Kennedy and Cobban 1991, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 1973, Renz 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Thomel 1988, Wright 1952 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Aneuretoceras, Bevahites, Cryptotexanites, Defordiceras, Menabites, Neogauthiericeras, Paratexanites, Pleurotexanites, Protexanites, Reginaites, Submortoniceras
Subtaxa: Barroisiceras (Texanites) dentatocarinatum Texanites (Plesiotexanites) Texanites (Texanites) Texanites angolanus Texanites dichotomus Texanites hourcqi Texanites kawasakii Texanites quattuornodosus Texanites venustus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Austria (1), Cameroon (4), Canada (1: British Columbia), Cuba (1), Denmark (2), France (14), Gabon (1), Haiti (1), Japan (6), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), South Africa (13), Spain (3), United States (15: California, Colorado, Delaware, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 73 collections including 85 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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