Oncoceras Hall 1847 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae

Parent taxon: Oncoceratidae according to R. C. Frey 1995

See also Crick 1981, Sepkoski 2002, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Asaphiceras, Beloitoceras, Centrorizoceras, Cyrtorizoceras, Dalecarlioceras, Digenuoceras, Dunleithoceras, Ehlersoceras, Ekwanoceras, Kentlandoceras, Laphamoceras, Loganoceras, Maelonoceras, Metarizoceras, Miamoceras, Neumatoceras, Oocerina, Orthorizoceras, Paramiamoceras, Plesiorizosceras, Retizitteloceras, Richardsonoceras, Richardsonoceroides, Rizoceras, Romingoceras, Scofieldoceras, Tshingizoceras, Vaupelia, Zittelloceras

Subtaxa: Oncoceras carletonense Oncoceras major Oncoceras pauper Oncoceras pristinum

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Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Austria (1 collection)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1), United States (2: New York)

• Chazyan of United States (1: New York)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Quebec), Kazakhstan (1), United States (24: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio)

Total: 32 collections including 37 occurrences

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