Theoceras Kröger 2008 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Full reference: B. Kröger. 2008. Nautiloids before and during the ammonoid origin in a Siluro–Devonian section of the Tafilalt (Morocco). Special Papers in Palaeontology 79:1-110

Parent taxon: Orthoceratidae according to B. Kröger 2008

Sister taxa: Aethiosolen, Anaspyroceratinae, Chebbioceras, Ctenoceras, Infundibuloceras, Kopaninoceras, Leurocycloceratinae, Merocycloceras, Michelinoceras, Michelinoceratinae, Orthoceras, Orthoceratinae, Orthocycloceras, Palorthoceras, Pleurorthoceras, Pojetoceras, Prohypogeophis, Prohypogeophis tunariensis, Pseudospyroceras, Striatocycloceras, Tibichoanoceras, Tienoceras

Subtaxa: Theoceras filondouzense

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Type: Theoceras filondouzense

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Filon Douze Tafilalt, F (Devonian of Morocco)

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