Dyscheiloceras Schmidt 1922 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Alternative spelling: Cheiloceras (Dyscheiloceras)

Parent taxon: Cheiloceratinae according to D. Korn 2006

See also Korn and Klug 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Balacheiloceras, Cheiloceras, Paratorleyoceras, Staffites, Torleyoceras

Subtaxa: Dyscheiloceras angustisellatum Dyscheiloceras biesenbergense Dyscheiloceras latilobum

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Type: Cheiloceras (Dyscheiloceras) biesenbergense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dyscheiloceras in the database

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