Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Alternative spelling: Inoceramus (Cataceramus)
Parent taxon: Inoceramidae according to G. Alencáster and L. Omaña 2006
See also Kennedy et al. 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anopaeinae, Arcticeramus, Arctomytiloides, Birostrina, Cladoceramus, Coloniceraminae, Cremnoceramus, Gnesioceramus, Heroceramus, Inaequiceramus, Inoceraminae, Inoceramus, Inoceramya, Kymatoceramus, Lenella, Magadiceramus, Mytiloides, Neocomiceramus, Parainoceramya, Platyceramus, Posidonioceramus, Pseudomytiloides, Retroceramus, Sachalinoceraminae, Sergipia, Silberlingia, Sphaeroceramus, Sphenoceramus, Spyridoceramus, Tenuipteria, Tethyoceramus, Trochoceramus, Turkmenia, Volviceramus, Haenleinia, Coloniceramus
Subtaxa: Boehmiceramus Cataceramus balticus Cataceramus bantu Cataceramus langi Cataceramus subcompressus Dimeroceramus Inoceramus (Cataceramus) sagensis Inoceramus (Cataceramus) tenuilineatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Austria (1), Bulgaria (2), Cameroon (2), Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Cuba (1), Denmark (1), France (4), Germany (17), Jamaica (2), Japan (7), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Nigeria (2), Peru (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Turkey (3), Ukraine (1), United States (72: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 129 collections including 135 occurrences
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