Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae

Full reference: V. N. Shimanskiy. 1954. Pryamye nautiloidei i baktritoidei Sakmarskogo i Artinskogo yarusov yuzhnogo Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 44:1-154

Parent taxon: Bactritidae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bactritella, Bactrites, Chuvashovia, Ctenobactrites, Cyrtobactrites, Devonobactrites, Dillerites, Hemibactrites, Linibactrites, Lobobactrites, Ovobactrites, Planibactrites, Pseudobactrites, Simobactrites, Uralobactrites

Subtaxa: Sicilioceras paternoi

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Type: Orthoceras paternoi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio (Permian of Italy)

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