Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1964. The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12:234 p.
Parent taxon: Ellesmeroceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Flower 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Albertoceras, Anhuiceras, Annoceras, Bassleroceras, Boreoceras, Botellusoceras, Bridgeoceras, Buehleroceras, Burenoceras, Caseoceras, Chabactoceras, Chepuloceras, Clarkoceras, Clelandoceras, Conocerina, Copiceras, Cumberloceras, Dakeoceras, Diaphoroceras, Dongshanoceras, Dyscritoceras, Ectenoceras, Ectenolites, Ellesmeroceras, Eoclarkoceras, Eoectenolites, Eorudolfoceras, Eremoceras, Hemichoanella, Keraiaceras, Lebetoceras, Levisoceras, Llanoceras, Loxochoanella, Meikeloceras, Muriceras, Oelandoceras, Oneoceratidae, Oneotoceras, Pachendoceras, Paradakeoceras, Purmanarcoceras, Quebecoceras, Robsonoceras, Shantungendoceras, Sinolebetoceras, Smithvilloceras, Stemtonoceras, Tanycameroceras, Ventroloboceras, Walcottoceras, Wolungoceras valcourense, Woosteroceras
Subtaxa: Barnesoceras clavatum Barnesoceras conosiphonatum Barnesoceras expansum Barnesoceras lamellosum Barnesoceras lentiexpansum Barnesoceras percurvatum Barnesoceras transversum
Type: Barnesoceras clavatum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Tremadoc of China (1)
Total: 2 collections including 9 occurrences
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