Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oonoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ooceras
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338
Parent taxon: Oonoceratidae according to J. Dzik and G. N. Kiselev 1995
See also Crick 1981, Foord 1888, Ruedemann 1906, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxon: Euryrizocerina
Subtaxa: Ooceras lativentrum Ooceras perkinsi Ooceras seelyi Oonoceras priscum
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2), Italy (3)
• Chazyan of United States (5: New York, Vermont)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Quebec), Estonia (1), Poland (2), United States (3: Indiana, Ohio)
Total: 20 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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