Vaginoceras Hyatt 1884 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae

Parent taxon: Endoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981

See also Frey 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Allocotoceras, Cameroceras, Changkiuoceras, Chisiloceras, Cyclendoceras, Dideroceras, Endoceras, Foerstellites, Hemipiloceras, Ignoceras, Kailuanoceras, Kaipingoceras, Kiotoceras, Kotoceras, Kutorgoceras, Lamottoceras, Linchengoceras, Liskeardia, Najaceras, Nanno, Neokaipingoceras, Palaeocyclendoceras, Paleocyclendoceras, Paravaginoceras, Protocyclendoceras, Suecoceras, Tasmanoceras, Triendoceras, Trifurcatoceras, Vaningenoceras, Ventrolobendoceras

Subtaxa: Vaginoceras oppletum

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Marmor of United States (1: New York collection)

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (3: New York, Vermont)

• Dawan of China (3)

• Arenig of China (5)

• Ordovician of Canada (9: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (19), Norway (2), South Korea (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (3: Kentucky)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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