Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Domatoceratidae
Alternative spellings: Discites (Domatoceras), Nautilus (Domatoceras)
Synonym: Pseudometacoceras Miller et al. 1933
Parent taxon: Domatoceratidae according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2025
See also Diener 1903, Korn 2025, Leonova and Shchedukhin 2020, Niko and Mapes 2016, Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Fididomatoceras, Neodomatoceras, Neostenopoceras, Omorphoceras, Paradomatoceras, Parapenascoceras, Penascoceras, Permodomatoceras, Plummeroceras, Pselioceras, Shatoceras, Stenodomatoceras, Titanoceras, Virgaloceras
Subtaxa: Domatoceras atypicum Domatoceras bashkiricum Domatoceras canonium Domatoceras collinsvillense Domatoceras convergens Domatoceras elegantulum Domatoceras gigas Domatoceras guangxiense Domatoceras hexagonum Domatoceras highlandense Domatoceras inflatum Domatoceras inostranzewi Domatoceras jiangxiense Domatoceras latum Domatoceras magister Domatoceras mattoonense Domatoceras mosquense Domatoceras multituberculatum Domatoceras myloide Domatoceras ocomphalum Domatoceras ogatsuense Domatoceras parallelum Domatoceras planotergatum Domatoceras podolskense Domatoceras sterlitamakense Domatoceras texanum Domatoceras tulense Domatoceras walteri Domatoceras wortheni Pseudometacoceras grypoceroides
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (5), China (1), Colombia (1), Iran (12), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (8: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (20), United States (33: Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 88 collections including 105 occurrences
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