ammonites
Hysteroceras Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonyms: Askoloboceras Van Hoepen 1944, Komeceras Van Hoepen 1944, Petinoceras Van Hoepen 1944, Spathiceras Whitehouse 1927, Terascosceras Van Hoepen 1944

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. In: VON ZITTEL, K. A. 1896-1900, Textbook of Palaeontology, translation C. R. EASTMAN, Macmillan; London & New York 502-604

Parent taxon: Brancoceratinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Brancoceras, Cantabrigites, Erioliceras, Neokentroceras, Parabrancoceras

Subtaxa: Askoloboceras fastigatum, Hysteroceras andinum, Hysteroceras antipodeum, Hysteroceras binum, Hysteroceras bucklandi, Hysteroceras carinatum, Hysteroceras choffati, Hysteroceras falcicostatum, Hysteroceras intermedium, Hysteroceras orbignyi, Hysteroceras propinquum, Hysteroceras semileve, Hysteroceras subbinum, Hysteroceras varicosum, Komeceras acuticostatum, Petinoceras recuperator, Terascosceras cariniferum

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore