Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Alternative combination: Coloceras liratum
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156
Belongs to Liroceras according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2025
See also Girty 1912, Girty 1915, Hoare 1961, Miller et al. 1933, Morgan 1924, Sturgeon 1946, Teichert 1940 and Unklesbay and Palmer 1958
Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras choopani, Liroceras derbiense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globatum, Liroceras globosum, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras greenei, Liroceras grundense, Liroceras henryvillense, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras hyatti, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras leptum, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras lunense, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras milleri, Liroceras missouriense, Liroceras molengraaffi, Liroceras occlusor, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras patulum, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras reniforme, Liroceras reticulatum, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonense, Liroceras sarvaense, Liroceras schaelkense, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras vermis, Liroceras volgense, Liroceras waterloti
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (11: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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