Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Parent taxon: Oncoceratidae according to B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtová 2019
See also Crick 1981, Frey 1995, Kröger 2013, Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017, Kröger et al. 2011, Stait 1982, Strand 1934, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Asaphiceras, Centrorizoceras, Cyrtorizoceras, Dalecarlioceras, Digenuoceras, Dunleithoceras, Ehlersoceras, Ekwanoceras, Kentlandoceras, Laphamoceras, Loganoceras, Maelonoceras, Metarizoceras, Miamoceras, Neumatoceras, Oncoceras, Oocerina, Orthorizoceras, Paramiamoceras, Plesiorizosceras, Retizitteloceras, Richardsonoceras, Richardsonoceroides, Rizoceras, Romingoceras, Scofieldoceras, Tshingizoceras, Vaupelia, Zittelloceras
Subtaxa: Beloitoceras amoenum Beloitoceras bucheri Beloitoceras cautis Beloitoceras estonicum Beloitoceras huronense Beloitoceras kirtoni Beloitoceras lobiferum Beloitoceras orilliense Beloitoceras pandion Beloitoceras plebeium Beloitoceras stoermeri Beloitoceras thorslundi
Type: Oncoceras pandion
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (3 collections), Canada (7: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (2), Estonia (3), Norway (5), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (26: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
Total: 52 collections including 96 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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