Cephalopoda - Multiceratoidea - Apsidoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Characteroceras
Synonym: Charactocerina Foerste 1935
Parent taxon: Apsidoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Frye 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Strand 1934, Teichert et al. 1964 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Apsidoceras, Chidleyenoceras, Deckeroceras, Fremontoceras, Kinaschukoceras, Wilsonoceras
Subtaxa: Charactoceras baeri Charactoceras cinereum Charactoceras estonicum Charactoceras hercules Charactoceras kallholnense Charactoceras raettvikense Charactoceras suecicum Charactoceras triangulum
Type: Trochoceras baeri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (17: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Estonia (2), Greenland (1), Norway (3), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (11: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Iowa, Minnesota, Minnesota, Ohio, Wyoming)
Total: 42 collections including 53 occurrences
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