Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Rhineceras
Synonym: Pararineceras Turner 1954
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1893. Carboniferous cephalopods, second paper. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 4(2):377-474
Parent taxon: Trigonoceratinae according to D. Korn 2025
See also Korn et al. 2022, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Apogonoceras, Discitoceras, Nautiloceras, Stroborineceras, Triboloceras, Trigonoceras
Subtaxa: Rineceras alapaevskense Rineceras balladoolense Rineceras canaliculatum Rineceras carinatiforme Rineceras carinatum Rineceras digonum Rineceras luidii Rineceras meekianum Rineceras meyerianum Rineceras multituberculatum Rineceras ohioense Rineceras patteiskyi Rineceras propinquum Rineceras rectangulatum Rineceras rhenanum Rineceras strigatum
Type: Gyroceras propinquum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (1 collection), Ireland (12), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Indiana)
Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences
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