†family Bassleroceratidae Ulrich et al. 1944 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Multiceratoidea - Bassleroceratidae

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1944. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary. Geological Society of America Special Paper 58:1-226

Parent taxon: Multiceratoidea according to A. Pohle et al. 2022

See also Crick 1981, Kröger and Landing 2008, Kröger and Landing 2009 and Ulrich et al. 1944

Sister taxa: Apocrinoceratidae, Apsidoceratidae, Ascocerida, Clinoceratidae, Cyclostomiceratidae, Cyrtocerinida, Discosorida, Oncocerida, Tarphycerida, Uranoceratidae

Subtaxa: Anguloceras Avaoceras Avoceras Dwightoceras Lawrenceoceras Leptocyrtoceras Monogonoceras Onychoceras Stylocyrtoceras

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Arenig of China (3 collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec), United States (22: Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia)

• Tremadoc of China (1)

Total: 28 collections including 33 occurrences

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