Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ophiceras (Lytophiceras)
Parent taxon: Ophiceratidae according to Y. Shigeta and Y. D. Zakharov 2009
See also Kapoor and Bando 1974, Spath 1934 and Spath 1935
Sister taxa: Discophiceras, Ghazalaites, Kyoktites, Ophiceras, Protophiceras, Shangganites, Vishnuites, Wordieoceras
Subtaxa: Lytophiceras leptodiscus Lytophiceras vishnuoides Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) kilenense Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) leptodiscus Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) ligatum Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) subsakuntala Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) ultimum Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) vishnuoides
Type: Ophiceras chamunda
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Armenia (5 collections), Azerbaijan (8), China (23), Greenland (55), India (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 100 collections including 106 occurrences
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