Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1942. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, Part I: Nautilicones. Geological Society of America Special Papers 37:1-157
Parent taxon: Trocholitidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002, Teichert et al. 1964 and Ulrich et al. 1942
Sister taxa: Arkoceras, Curtoceras, Discoceras, Graftonoceras, Hardmanoceras, Jasperoceras, Litoceras, Palaeonautilus, Paradiscoceras, Plectolites, Schroederoceras, Trocholites, Trocholitoceras
Subtaxa: Wichitoceras chadwickense Wichitoceras compressum Wichitoceras crassum Wichitoceras decipiens Wichitoceras naylorense
Type: Wichitoceras compressum
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (7: Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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