†Deiroceras Hyatt 1884 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Parent taxon: Ormoceratidae according to B. Kröger 2008
See also Crick 1981, Flower 1957, Frey 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Adamsoceras, Metarmenoceras, Mstikhinoceras, Ormoceras, Orthonybyoceras, Parormoceras, Troedssonoceras
Subtaxa: Deiroceras curdsvillense Deiroceras hollardi Deiroceras python
Type: Orthoceras python
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco (4 collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (1), United States (10: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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