†Virgoceras Flower 1939 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Parent taxon: Geisonoceratidae according to D. H. Evans 1994
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Angeisonoceras, Columenoceras, Geisonoceras, Geisonocerina, Harrisoceras, Joachimoceras, Jonesoceras, Nilssonoceras, Ordogeisonoceras, Protokionoceras, Striacoceras, Temperoceras, Ugooloceras
Subtaxa: Virgoceras politum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Iran (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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