Ancyloceras d'Orbigny 1842 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Alternative spellings: Anclyoceras, Crioceras (Ancyloceras)

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1842. Paléontologie française: Terrains crétacés. 1. Céphalopodes. Masson, Paris 431-662

Parent taxon: Ancyloceratinae according to O. Szives 2007

See also Delamette et al. 1997, Förster and Weier 1983, Giers 1964, Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker 1997, Klein et al. 2007, Landra et al. 2000, Murphy 1975, Novack-Gottshall 2022, Renz 1982 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthoptychoceras, Acrioceras, Caspianites, Dirrymoceras, Epancyloceras, Huastecoceras, Tonohamites, Tropaeum

Subtaxa: Ancyloceras (Ancyloceras) Ancyloceras (Kutatissites) Ancyloceras ajax Ancyloceras attrox Ancyloceras calloviense Ancyloceras durrelli Ancyloceras elephas Ancyloceras furcatum Ancyloceras mantelli Ancyloceras matheroni Ancyloceras nicoleti Ancyloceras remondi Ancyloceras tenue Ancyloceras thomeli Ancyloceras vandenheckii

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (2 collections), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Colombia (1), France (3), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Italy (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (4), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Spain (20), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (6: California), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic of Egypt (1), Iraq (1)

Total: 60 collections including 64 occurrences

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