Sciponoceras Hyatt 1894 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Synonym: Cyrtochilus Meek 1876 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Baculitidae according to W. J. Kennedy and N. J. Morris 2018

See also Cooper 1978, Förster 1975, Henderson 1990, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy 2013, Kennedy and Gale 2015, Kennedy et al. 1987, Matsumoto 1959, Sepkoski 2002, Summesberger 1992, Szives 2007, Wright 1979 and Young 1979

Sister taxa: Baculites, Baculitinae, Boehmoceras, Eubaculites, Eubaculitinae, Fresvillia, Lechites, Pseudobaculites, Trachybaculites, Tuberosciponoceras

Subtaxa: Sciponoceras antanimangaensis Sciponoceras baculoides Sciponoceras bohemicum Sciponoceras cucullatum Sciponoceras gracile Sciponoceras kossmati Sciponoceras roto

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Type: Hamites baculoides

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (3), Australia (3), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (16), Germany (22), India (2), Japan (4), Madagascar (4), Mexico (2), Mozambique (2), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (17), United States (73: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)

Total: 158 collections including 159 occurrences

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