Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Parent taxon: Diestoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Flower 1946, Flower 1952, Frey 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Strand 1934, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Danoceras, Dowlingoceras, Lyckholmoceras, Suttonoceras
Subtaxa: Diestoceras acuminatum Diestoceras anticostiense Diestoceras approximatum Diestoceras breviconum Diestoceras carletonense Diestoceras eos Diestoceras inaequiseptum Diestoceras indianense Diestoceras isotelorum Diestoceras lamonti Diestoceras lavalense Diestoceras scoticum Diestoceras shideleri Diestoceras sinclairi Diestoceras stensioei Diestoceras stormeri Diestoceras sycon Diestoceras waynesvillense
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (3: Quebec collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (23: Manitoba, Mantiboa, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan), Estonia (4), Greenland (1), Norway (7), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (42: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 85 collections including 110 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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