Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae
Synonym: Baltoceras Holm 1897
Parent taxon: Baltoceratidae according to B. Kröger and D. H. Evans 2011
See also Crick 1981, Evans 2005, Flower 1955, Flower 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Amsleroceras, Annbactroceras, Bactroceras, Belloceras, Castelloceras, Cyrtobaltoceras, Endorioceras, Eosomichelinoceras, Hedstroemoceras, Metabaltoceras, Microbaltoceras, Ogygoceras, Rhabdiferoceras, Rhabdiferous, Semiannuloceras, Sinocochleoceras, Veneficoceras
Subtaxa: Baltoceras burchardi Baltoceras minor Baltoceras striatum Cochlioceras avus
Type: Cochlioceras avus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Chazyan of United States (2: Vermont)
• Hunderum of Sweden (1)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Dawan of China (5)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), China (3), Estonia (2), France (3), Lithuania (1), Norway (1), Poland (2), Sweden (7)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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