Parahoplites Anthula 1899 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae

Alternative spelling: Acanthoceras (Parahoplites)

Parent taxon: Parahoplitinae according to J. Lehmann et al. 2019

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Förster 1975, Perez et al. 1990, Sepkoski 2002, Stoyanow 1949 and Szives 2007

Sister taxa: Diadochoceras, Kazanskyella, Quitmanites

Subtaxa: Parahoplites dallasi Parahoplites dechyi Parahoplites inaensis Parahoplites irregularis Parahoplites macfarlandi Parahoplites melchioris Parahoplites multicostatus Parahoplites nutfieldiensis Parahoplites robustus Parahoplites scharfi Parahoplites stantoni Parahoplites tenuicostatus Parahoplites transitans

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Type: Parahoplites melchioris

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (1), Chile (3), Colombia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (2), Japan (5), Mexico (6), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (8: California, Louisiana, Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 43 collections including 63 occurrences

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