Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 257588

Alternative spelling: Arietites

Synonyms: Coroniceras (Megarietites) Spath 1922 (no. 257591), Megarietites Spath 1922 (no. 257590)

Parent taxon: Coroniceras according to M. K. Howarth 2013

Sister taxa: Coroniceras (Eucoroniceras), Coroniceras (Guexiceras), Coroniceras (Paracoroniceras), Coroniceras fergusoni, Coroniceras freboldi, Coroniceras grantsvillense, Coroniceras involutum, Coroniceras luningense, Coroniceras rotiforme, Coroniceras volcanoense

Subtaxa: Arieticeras, Arietites bonnardii, Arietites geometricus, Arietites longicellus, Arietites semicostatus, Arietites wichmanni

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore