Full reference: J. Barrande. 1872. Système Silurien du centre de la Bohème. 1ere Partie: Recherches paléontologiques. Supp. Vol. I. Trilobites, Crustacés divers et Poisins 1-647
Parent taxon: Orthocerida according to C. H. Holland 1987
See also Barrande 1872 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acrosphaerorthoceras, 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, Sphaerorthoceratidae, Sphaerortoceratidae, Subspyroceras, Tartaroceras, Tretoceras, Tripteroceratidae, Trispectes, Uralharuspex, Vericeras, Zhuralevia, Striatoceratidae, Cycloceratidae, Michelinoceratidae, Engorthoceratidae, Eskimoceratidae, Choanoceratidae, Allumettoceratidae
Subtaxa: Aptychopsis angulatum Aptychopsis ovata Aptychopsis prima Aptychopsis salteri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (3 collections), Denmark (1), Italy (4), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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