†family Nephriticeratidae Hyatt 1894 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Barrandeocerida - Nephriticeratidae

Parent taxon: Barrandeocerida according to C. Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Barrandeoceratidae, Barrandoceratidae, Lechritrochoceratidae, Plectoceratidae

Subtaxa: Baeopleuroceras Endoplanoceras Heracloceras Lyrioceras Nephriticeras Nephriticerina Rhadinoceras Sphyradoceras Triplooceras

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Type: Nephriticeras

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (10: New York, Ohio collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec)

Total: 11 collections including 18 occurrences

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