Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Aspidoceras (Physodoceras)
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Aspidoceratidae according to H. Parent et al. 2011
See also Atrops and Benest 1984, Garrido et al. 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Aspidoceratinae, Epipeltoceratinae, Euaspidoceratinae, Hybonoticeratinae, Peltoceratinae, Pseudhimalayites, Simocosmoceras, Sutneria, Toulisphinctes
Subtaxa: Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) circumspinosum Physodoceras altenense Physodoceras burkarti Physodoceras gortanii Physodoceras hoplisus Physodoceras widerai
Type: Ammonites circumspinosus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), Germany (11), Hungary (3), Italy (5), Madagascar (5), Mexico (1), Romania (5), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Yemen (1)
Total: 39 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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