†family Sphaerorthoceratidae Ristedt 1968 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Sphaerorthoceratidae

Parent taxon: Orthocerida according to B. Kröger 2008

Sister taxa: Acrosphaerorthoceras, Aptychopsis, Arionoceratidae, Arterioceras, Badouceras, Baltoceratidae, Bogoslovskya, Brachycycloceratidae, Chicagooceras, Cornuella, Cryptocycloceras, Cycloceras, Dictyoceras, Esopoceras, Folioceras, Garryoceras, Heloceras, Jangziceras, Joldagiroceras, Kentronites, Kionoceratidae, Loxoceras, Mericoceras, Molossus, Murchisoniceras, Naivs, Nebroceras, Neorthoceras, Orthoceratidae, Orthoceratina, Orthodochmiocerataceae, Paradnatoceras, Paramooreoceras, Plicatoceras, Podoliceras, Proteoceratidae, Pseudorthocerataceae, Pseudorthoceratoidea, Pythonoceras, Rhabdites, Rhipsites, Sactorthoceratidae, Sannionites, Sichuanaceras, Sichuanoceratidae, Sphaerortoceratidae, Subspyroceras, Tartaroceras, Tretoceras, Tripteroceratidae, Trispectes, Uralharuspex, Vericeras, Zhuralevia, Striatoceratidae, Michelinoceratidae, Eskimoceratidae, Cycloceratidae, Engorthoceratidae, Allumettoceratidae, Choanoceratidae

Subtaxa: Akrosphaeorthoceras Akrosphaerorthoceras Hemicosmorthoceras Iwakiella Parasphaerorthoceras Plagiostomoceras Sphaerorthoceras

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Type: Sphaerorthoceras

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Germany (1), Italy (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (9), Poland (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Italy (2)

• Silurian of Austria (4), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (13), Morocco (2), United States (2: Wisconsin)

Total: 39 collections including 109 occurrences

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