Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Parent taxon: Orthoceratidae according to B. Kröger 2008
See also Evans 2005, Hook and Flower 1977, Percival et al. 2001 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Chebbioceras, Infundibuloceras, Kopaninoceras, Merocycloceras, Orthoceras, Orthocycloceras, Palorthoceras, Pleurorthoceras, Pojetoceras, Prohypogeophis, Prohypogeophis tunariensis, Pseudospyroceras, Striatocycloceras, Theoceras, Tibichoanoceras, Trematoceras, Oxfordoceras, Copiceras, Ogygoceras
Subtaxa: Michelinoceras alticameratum Michelinoceras avelinii Michelinoceras campanile Michelinoceras currens Michelinoceras floridaense Michelinoceras guadalupense Michelinoceras melleni Michelinoceras michelini Michelinoceras mizobuchii Michelinoceras palatum Michelinoceras primum Michelinoceras richardsi Michelinoceras vandiverense Michelinoceras wapanuckense
Type: Orthoceras michelini
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (8), Hungary (4), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (3), Switzerland (5), United States (27: Nevada)
• Permian of China (1), Tajikistan (4), United States (2: Texas)
• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Osagean of United States (2: Kentucky)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Japan (1)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (1), United States (12: Arkansas, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Brazil (2), Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (4), Germany (1), Italy (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (17: Alaska, New York)
• Silurian to Devonian of Italy (2)
• Silurian of Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (4), Italy (10), Japan (1), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (21), United States (10: Iowa, New York, Wisconsin)
• Niagaran of United States (1: New York)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (3: Ontario, Quebec), China (52), Estonia (1), Iran (1), South Korea (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (50: Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin)
• Llandeilo of China (8)
• Arenig of Bolivia (1), China (4)
• Dawan of China (4)
Total: 291 collections including 326 occurrences
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