Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Tarphyceratidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32(143):349-647
Parent taxon: Tarphyceratidae according to D.H. Evans 2011
See also Crick 1981, Teichert et al. 1964 and Ulrich et al. 1942
Sister taxa: Bentoceras, Campbelloceras, Centrotarphyceras, Cycloplectoceras, Eurystomites, Falcilituites, Moreauoceras, Pilotoceras, Pionoceras, Planctoceras, Rectanguloceras, Seelyoceras, Sweetoceras
Subtaxa: Tarphyceras apollo Tarphyceras aucoini Tarphyceras chadwickense Tarphyceras champlainense Tarphyceras clarkei Tarphyceras convolvens Tarphyceras extensum Tarphyceras multicameratum Tarphyceras palinurus Tarphyceras perkinsi Tarphyceras prematurum
Type: Tarphyceras prematurum
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (3: New York, Vermont collections)
• Arenig of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Ordovician of Canada (6: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
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