Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Parent taxon: Discosorida according to B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtova 2017
See also Crick 1981, Miagkova 1967, Stait 1980, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Aipetoceras, Akroceras, Anamesoceras, Asbestoceras, Brodekoceras, Carotites, Chuticeras, Comaroceras, Cyrtogomphoceratidae, Deiloceras, Discosoridae, Drakonoceras, Dynatoceras, Elpisoceras, Entimoceratidae, Exochoceras, Flowerites, Gouldoceras, Huanghuachangoceras, Hysteroceras, Kotelnyoceras, Lowoceratidae, Lymoceras, Mandaloceratidae, Manjoceras, Mesoceratidae, Metrioceras, Nipageroceras, Nucites, Paramecynoceras, Parawestonoceras, Parevlanoceras, Pelagoceras, Phragmoceratidae, Physioceras, Pseudobolloceras, Radoceras, Raphanites, Ropaloceras, Smileoceras, Spondeioceras, Strobiloceras, Synetoceras, Taoqupoceras, Taxyceras, Taxyceratidae, Therioceras, Ukhtoceras, Urtasymoceras, Xiphoceras
Subtaxa: Antiphragmoceras Broeggeroceras Clarkesvillia Faberoceras Glyptodendron Hecatoceras Hemibeloitoceras Lavaloceras Reedsoceras Simardoceras Sinclairoceras Teichertoceras Westonoceras Winnipegoceras
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Arenig of Argentina (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (3), Canada (25: Manitoba, Mantiboa, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan), Estonia (7), Greenland (2), Norway (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (29: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 76 collections including 128 occurrences