Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Synonym: Metactinoceras
Parent taxon: Actinoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Flower 1957, Frey 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Strand 1934 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Ellinoceras, Elrodoceras, Floweroceras, Kochoceras, Leurorthoceras, Paractinoceras, Saffordoceras, Troostoceras
Subtaxa: Actinoceras abortivum Actinoceras aequale Actinoceras altopontense Actinoceras anticostiense Actinoceras arcuanotum Actinoceras carletonense Actinoceras curdsvillense Actinoceras gradatum Actinoceras huronioides Actinoceras incantatum Actinoceras insulaenigrae Actinoceras kentuckiense Actinoceras lambei Actinoceras lesperancei Actinoceras margaretae Actinoceras mutabile Actinoceras sinclairi Actinoceras winstoni
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (3: Illinois, New York)
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (1)
• Fennian of Malaysia (1)
• Arenig of China (8)
• Ordovician of Canada (41: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Saskatchewan), China (3), Greenland (1), Norway (3), United States (26: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 90 collections including 117 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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