Cephalopoda - Discosorida

Full reference: B. Stait. 1980. Gouldoceras n. gen. (Cephalopoda, Nautiloidea) and a revision of Hecatoceras, Teichert and Glenister, from the Ordovician of Tasmania, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 54(5):1113-1118

Parent taxon: Discosorida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aipetoceras, Akroceras, Anamesoceras, Asbestoceras, Brodekoceras, Carotites, Chuticeras, Comaroceras, Cyrtogomphoceratidae, Deiloceras, Discosoridae, Drakonoceras, Dynatoceras, Elpisoceras, Entimoceratidae, Exochoceras, Flowerites, Huanghuachangoceras, Hysteroceras, Kotelnyoceras, Lowoceratidae, Lymoceras, Mandaloceratidae, Manjoceras, Mesoceratidae, Metrioceras, Nipageroceras, Nucites, Paramecynoceras, Parawestonoceras, Parevlanoceras, Pelagoceras, Phragmoceratidae, Physioceras, Pseudobolloceras, Radoceras, Raphanites, Ropaloceras, Smileoceras, Spondeioceras, Strobiloceras, Synetoceras, Taoqupoceras, Taxyceras, Taxyceratidae, Therioceras, Ukhtoceras, Urtasymoceras, Westonoceratidae, Xiphoceras

Subtaxa: Gouldoceras obliquum Gouldoceras synchonena

View classification

Type: Gouldoceras synchonena

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Smelters Quarry, Zeehan (Ordovician of Australia)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.