Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Synonym: Metaschistoceras Plummer and Scott 1937
Parent taxon: Schistoceratidae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006, Miller and Furnish 1940, Plummer and Scott 1937 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bendoceras, Branneroceras, Diaboloceras, Eoschistoceras, Inzeroceras, Paralegoceras, Paraschistoceras, Rodiezmoceras, Trettinoceras
Subtaxa: Schistoceras missouriense Schistoceras suburalense Schistoceras unicum Schistoceras uralense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (51: Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence
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