Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 15266

Synonyms: Alfeldites (no. 14531), Epalxites Mascke 1907 (no. 357282), Germanoides Westermann 1956 (no. 357287), Gerzenites Westermann 1954 (no. 357286), Itinsaites McLearn 1927 (no. 357284), Masckeites Buckman 1920 (no. 357283), Parallites Westermann 1954 (no. 357285)

Parent taxon: Stephanoceratinae according to M. Zato? 2010

Sister taxa: Duashnoceras, Stephanoceras, Teloceras

Subtaxa: Masckeites psilacanthoides, Normannites braikenridgii, Normannites egyptiacus, Normannites orbignyi

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Type: Normannites orbignyi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore