Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ophiceras (Discophiceras)
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1935. Additions to the Eo-Triassic invertebrate fauna of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 98(2):1-115
Parent taxon: Ophiceratidae according to C. Zhang et al. 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1935, Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Ghazalaites, Kyoktites, Lytophiceras, Ophiceras, Protophiceras, Shangganites, Vishnuites, Wordieoceras
Subtaxa: Discophiceras wordiei Ophiceras (Discophiceras) compressum Ophiceras (Discophiceras) kochi Ophiceras (Discophiceras) subkyokticum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Canada (2: Nunavut), China (1), Greenland (35), Oman (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (1), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 44 collections including 68 occurrences
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