Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae
Parent taxon: Piloceratidae according to D.H. Evans 2011
See also Crick 1981, Sepkoski 2002, Teichert et al. 1964 and Ulrich et al. 1943
Sister taxa: Augeoceras, Cassinoceras, Dartonoceras, Expandocassinoceras, Liaotungoceras, Penhsioceras, Piloceras, Subpenhsioceras, Utoceras
Subtaxa: Allopiloceras affine Allopiloceras baylorense Allopiloceras bealachense Allopiloceras breve Allopiloceras canadense Allopiloceras coarctum Allopiloceras compressum Allopiloceras erectum Allopiloceras lonachonense Allopiloceras sevierense Allopiloceras subrectum Allopiloceras subunguliforme Allopiloceras tennesseense Allopiloceras unguliforme
Type: Allopiloceras tennesseense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (4), United States (7: Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 13 collections including 21 occurrences
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