Paractinoceras Hyatt 1900 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Actinoceras (Paractinoceras)

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604

Parent taxon: Actinoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981

See also Hyatt 1900, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Actinoceras, Ellinoceras, Elrodoceras, Floweroceras, Kochoceras, Leurorthoceras, Saffordoceras, Troostoceras

Subtaxa: Paractinoceras canadensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (6: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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