†order Donovaniconida Doguzhaeva et al. 2007 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Donovaniconida

Full reference: L. A. Doguzhaeva, R. H. Mapes, and H. Mutvei. 2007. A Late Carboniferous coleoid cephalopod from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte (USA), with a radula, arm hooks, mantle tissues, and ink. Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives 121-143

Parent taxon: Neocoleoidea according to R. Hoffmann et al. 2022

See also Nishiguchi and Mapes 2008

Sister taxa: Aulacoceratida, Decabrachia, Hematitida, Mojsisovicsteuthis, Octobrachia, Phragmoteuthida, Vampyropoda

Subtaxa: Donovaniconidae Gordoniconidae Rhiphaeoteuthidae

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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