Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Parent taxon: Kionoceratidae according to B. Kröger 2008
See also Chen et al. 1981, Crick 1981, Miagkova 1967, Sweet 1958, Teichert et al. 1964 and Ulrich et al. 1944
Sister taxa: Nothokionoceras, Ohioceras, Polygrammoceras, Thoracoceras
Subtaxa: Kionoceras coralliforme Kionoceras decorahense Kionoceras densum Kionoceras diebuense Kionoceras doricum Kionoceras erraticum Kionoceras heshuiense Kionoceras infrequens Kionoceras laqueatum Kionoceras liaojiaoshanense Kionoceras magnisulcatum Kionoceras modicum Kionoceras muyagirum Kionoceras polyplicatum Kionoceras serenum Kionoceras styliforme Kionoceras valcourense Kionoceras virgatum
Type: Orthoceras doricum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Brazil (1), Canada (2: New Brunswick, Quebec), United States (3: New York)
• Niagaran of United States (2: Indiana, Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (6: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), China (2), the Czech Republic (2), Greenland (2), Ireland (2), Italy (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (20), United States (20: Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Minnesota)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (2), Norway (2), Sweden (2), United States (36: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 122 collections including 134 occurrences
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