Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1887. La Fauna dei Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc. 1 - Ammonoidea. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 19:1-106
Parent taxon: Agathiceratidae according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Tazawa et al. 2005 and Teichert 1944
Sister taxa: Gaetanoceras, Paragathiceras, Pericleites
Subtaxa: Agathiceras (Agathiceras) Agathiceras anceps Agathiceras applanatum Agathiceras applini Agathiceras brouweri Agathiceras broweri Agathiceras ciscoense Agathiceras contractum Agathiceras divisum Agathiceras frechi Agathiceras girtyi Agathiceras iranicum Agathiceras jilinense Agathiceras mediterraneum Agathiceras sequaxilirae Agathiceras suessi Agathiceras sundaicum Agathiceras tornatum Agathiceras uralicum Agathiceras verkhoyanicum Agathiceras vulgatum
Type: Agathiceras suessi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (4: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (19), East Timor (2), Greece (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (1), Iraq (1), Italy (5), Japan (11), Kazakhstan (10), Malaysia (6), Mexico (1), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (7), Tajikistan (70), Thailand (6), Tunisia (2), Ukraine (1), United States (49: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Iran (2), Kazakhstan (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut), Kazakhstan (9), the Russian Federation (15), United States (7: Texas)
Total: 238 collections including 246 occurrences
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