†Plectoceras Hyatt 1884 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Barrandeocerida - Plectoceratidae
Parent taxon: Plectoceratidae according to R. C. Frey 1995
See also Crick 1981, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Plectoceras carletonense Plectoceras jason
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (5: New York collections)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Canadian of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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