Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae
Parent taxon: Piloceratidae according to D.H. Evans 2011
See also Crick 1981, Sepkoski 2002, Teichert et al. 1964 and Ulrich et al. 1943
Sister taxa: Allopiloceras, Augeoceras, Cassinoceras, Dartonoceras, Expandocassinoceras, Liaotungoceras, Penhsioceras, Subpenhsioceras, Utoceras
Subtaxa: Piloceras acinaces Piloceras gracile Piloceras invaginatum Piloceras saffordi
Type: Piloceras invaginatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (1 collection), China (2)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (2: Newfoundland, Quebec), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Tennessee, Texas)
• Tremadoc of China (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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