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 R. D. Hoare 1961
See also Girty 1912, Girty 1915, Miller et al. 1933, Morgan 1924, Sturgeon 1946, Teichert 1940 and Unklesbay and Palmer 1958
Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras missouriensis, Liroceras molengraafi, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonensis, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras vermis, Liroceras volgense, Liroceras waterloti
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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