Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Deiradoceras
Full reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1931. Die Krytfauna van Soeloeland. II. Voorlopige Beskrywing van Enige Soeloelandse Ammoniete. I. Lophoceras, Rhytidoceras, Drepanoceras, en Deiradoceras. Paleontologiese Navorsing van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 1(2):39-54
Parent taxon: Mortoniceras according to G. M. El Qot 2018
See also Collignon 1963, Förster 1975, Kennedy et al. 1999, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Mosavinia et al. 2007, Renz 1982 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Angolaites), Mortoniceras (Boeseites), Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras), Mortoniceras (Rusoceras), Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia), Mortoniceras equidistans, Mortoniceras gainesana, Mortoniceras leonense, Mortoniceras scobinum, Inflaticeras evolutum
Subtaxa: Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) beloventer Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bipunctatum Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bispinosum Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) cunningtoni Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) devonense Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) exile Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) mokarahaense Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) prerostratum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Iran (1), Madagascar (7), Mozambique (2), North Atlantic (1), Venezuela (2)
Total: 19 collections including 34 occurrences