Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Parent taxon: Spyroceratinae according to S. Niko and M. Ehiro 2002
See also Niko and Ozawa 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Adnatoceras, Anastomoceras, Atahococeras, Bitaunioceras, Cancellspyroceras, Cryptorthoceras, Cyrtospyroceras, Cyrtothoracoceras, Diagoceras, Euloxoceras, Fusicoceras, Geisonoceroides, Gordonoceras, Palaeospyroceras, Palmeroceras, Petryoceras, Pseudocycloceras, Reticycloceras, Sceptrites, Shikhanoceras, Spyroceras, Suloceras, Tripteroceroides
Subtaxa: Lopingoceras acutanolatum Lopingoceras bicinctum Lopingoceras guangdeense Lopingoceras lopingense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (8 collections), China (40), Greece (1), Iran (8), Japan (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Japan (1)
Total: 60 collections including 63 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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