†Sphooceras Flower 1962 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Sphooceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1962. Part 1, Revision of Buttsoceras, Part 2, Notes on the Michelinoceratida. State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 10:1-58
Parent taxon: Sphooceratidae according to B. Kröger 2008
See also Flower 1962, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Sphooceras truncatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Italy (1 collection)
• Silurian of Italy (7), Morocco (1), United States (2: Wisconsin)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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