Aphetoceras Hyatt 1894 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32(143):349-647

Parent taxon: Estonioceratidae according to D.H. Evans 2011

See also Crick 1981, Kröger and Landing 2008, Teichert et al. 1964 and Ulrich et al. 1942

Sister taxa: Aethoceras, Alaskoceras, Clytoceras, Deltoceras, Eichwaldoceras, Estonioceras, Pycnoceras, Shumardoceras, Tragoceras

Subtaxa: Aphetoceras americanum Aphetoceras attenuatum Aphetoceras boreale Aphetoceras evolutum Aphetoceras farnsworthi Aphetoceras oderi Aphetoceras ozarkensis Aphetoceras ruedemanni Aphetoceras subcostulatum

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Type: Aphetoceras americanum

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Arenig of China (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences

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