Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Parent taxon: Pseudorthoceratidae according to A. Y. Shchedukhin and T. B. Leonova 2020
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Buchanoceras, Cayutoceratinae, Dinocycloceras, Geidoloceras, Hebetorthoceras, Houdongoceras, Mitorthoceras, Mongoceras, Neocycloceras, Probatoceras, Pseudactinoceratinae, Pseudorthoceratinae, Subdoloceras, Subormoceras, Uralorthoceras
Subtaxa: Dolorthoceras caneyanum Dolorthoceras incisum Dolorthoceras nakazawai Dolorthoceras siphocentralis Dolorthoceras stiliforme Dolorthoceras tenuifilosum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (3 collections), Iran (3), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2), Kazakhstan (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Germany (2), Kyrgyzstan (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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