†superfamily Prionoceratoidea Hyatt 1884 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida

Alternative spelling: Prionocerataceae

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338

Parent taxon: Tornoceratina according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009

See also Korn 2006, Korn and Klug 2002 and Korn and Sudar 2016

Sister taxa: Karagandoceratoidea, Praeglyphioceratoidea, Pseudohaloritoidea, Tornocerataceae, Tornoceratoidea

Subtaxa: Acrocanitidae Cheiloceratidae Gattendorfiidae Prionoceratidae Pseudarietitidae Voehringeritidae

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Malaysia (1 collection)

• Osagean of United States (1: Kentucky)

• Mississippian of United States (1: Missouri)

• Carboniferous of Algeria (20), Australia (3), Austria (6), Canada (1: Yukon), Chile (1), China (8), France (1), Germany (9), Kazakhstan (24), Morocco (9), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Serbia and Montenegro (5), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (28: Arkansas, California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah), Uzbekistan (2)

• Devonian of Australia (22), Austria (2), Canada (1: Alberta), China (5), France (2), Germany (35), Kazakhstan (8), Morocco (32), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (11: New York)

Total: 255 collections including 564 occurrences

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