Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1964. The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12:234 p.
Parent taxon: Baltoceratidae according to D.H. Evans 2011
See also Hook and Flower 1977 and Zhuravleva 1994
Sister taxa: Annbactroceras, Bactroceras, Belloceras, Castelloceras, Cochlioceras, Cyrtobaltoceras, Endorioceras, Eosomichelinoceras, Hedstroemoceras, Metabaltoceras, Microbaltoceras, Ogygoceras, Rhabdiferous, Semiannuloceras, Sinocochleoceras
Subtaxa: Rhabdiferoceras annuliferum Rhabdiferoceras floweri Rhabdiferoceras pertinens Rhabdiferoceras planiseptatum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (7 collections), United States (2: Nevada, Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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