Deiroceras Hyatt 1884 (mollusk)

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

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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

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