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 sjogreni Parahoplites stantoni Parahoplites tenuicostatus Parahoplites transitans
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), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (8: California, Louisiana, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 44 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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