Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea - Protobactritidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Protobactritidae according to J. Y. Chen et al. 1981
See also Crick 1981, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Protobactrites clinatus Protobactrites compressus Protobactrites densus Protobactrites heshuiensis Protobactrites leijitunensis Protobactrites loumianensis Protobactrites rectus Protobactrites rongxiensis Protobactrites styloideum Protobactrites subquadratus
Type: Orthoceras styloideum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (2 collections), the Czech Republic (2), Italy (2)
• Ordovician of Sweden (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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