Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Sactorthoceratidae
Synonym: Kawasakiceras Kobayashi 1934
Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1934. The Cambro-Ordovician formations and faunas of south Chosen. Paleontology. Part I. Middle Ordovician faunas. Journal of the Faculty of Science, the Imperial University of Tokyo, Section 2 3(8):335-519
Parent taxon: Sactorthoceratidae according to K. Tongtherm et al. 2016
See also Crick 1981, Dastanpour et al. 2006, Kröger et al. 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Sweet 1958, Teichert et al. 1964 and Yun 1999
Sister taxa: Braulioceras, Cartersoceras, Centroonoceras, Glenisteroceras, Leptoplatophrenoceras, Murrayoceras, Scipioceras, Sigmocycloceras, Wennanoceras, Wolungoceras
Subtaxa: Sactorthoceras banestanensis Sactorthoceras gonioseptum Sactorthoceras makkolense
Type: Sactorthoceras gonioseptum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (1: Wisconsin collection)
• Arenig of China (3)
• Ordovician of China (3), Iran (2), Norway (1), South Korea (5), Thailand (1)
Total: 16 collections including 21 occurrences
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