Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Zitteloceras
Parent taxon: Oncoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Flower 1952, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Asaphiceras, Beloitoceras, Centrorizoceras, Cyrtorizoceras, Dalecarlioceras, Digenuoceras, Dunleithoceras, Ehlersoceras, Ekwanoceras, Kentlandoceras, Laphamoceras, Loganoceras, Maelonoceras, Metarizoceras, Miamoceras, Neumatoceras, Oncoceras, Oocerina, Orthorizoceras, Paramiamoceras, Plesiorizosceras, Retizitteloceras, Richardsonoceras, Richardsonoceroides, Rizoceras, Romingoceras, Scofieldoceras, Tshingizoceras, Vaupelia
Subtaxa: Zitteloceras costatum Zitteloceras hitzi Zitteloceras praecedens
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Marmor of United States (1: New York collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (15: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Utah)
Total: 22 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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