Buchanoceras Teichert and Glenister 1952 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae

Full reference: C. Teichert and B. F. Glenister. 1952. Fossil Nautiloid Faunas from Australia. Journal of Paleontology 26(5):730-752

Parent taxon: Pseudorthoceratidae according to C. Teichert and B. F. Glenister 1952

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cayutoceratinae, Dinocycloceras, Dolorthoceras, Geidoloceras, Hebetorthoceras, Houdongoceras, Mitorthoceras, Mongoceras, Neocycloceras, Probatoceras, Pseudactinoceratinae, Pseudorthoceratinae, Subdoloceras, Subormoceras, Uralorthoceras

Subtaxa: Buchanoceras graviventrum

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Type: Buchanoceras graviventrum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Buchan River at Buchan (Devonian of Australia)

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