Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae
Synonym: Eobactrites Schindewolf 1932
Parent taxon: Baltoceratidae according to B. Kröger and B. Lefebvre 2012
See also Crick 1981, Evans 2005, Kröger and Evans 2011, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Annbactroceras, Belloceras, Castelloceras, Cochlioceras, Cyrtobaltoceras, Endorioceras, Eosomichelinoceras, Hedstroemoceras, Metabaltoceras, Microbaltoceras, Ogygoceras, Rhabdiferoceras, Rhabdiferous, Semiannuloceras, Sinocochleoceras
Subtaxa: Bactroceras angustisiphonatum Bactroceras avus Bactroceras gossei Bactroceras mourguesi Bactroceras sandbergeri
Type: Bactroceras avus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Arenig of China (2)
• Arenigian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (4), Bolivia (1), China (6), Czechia (2), France (8), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Morocco (1), Norway (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
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