Deltoceras 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 and Ulrich et al. 1942

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

Subtaxa: Deltoceras capax Deltoceras planum Deltoceras vaningeni

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Type: Deltoceras planum

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (2: New York collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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