Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Invalid subtaxa: Adelphoceras Girty 1909 [replaced name], Cowdaleoceras Bisat 1952, Dryochoceras Morgan 1924, Sagittoceras Hind 1918
Parent taxon: Girtyoceratidae according to D. Korn and A. L. Titus 2015
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Korn et al. 1999, Plummer and Scott 1937, Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Baschkiritidae, Calygirtyoceras, Girtyoceratinae
Subtaxa: Girtyoceras acutum Girtyoceras brueningianum Girtyoceras cowdalense Girtyoceras deani Girtyoceras discus Girtyoceras endicottense Girtyoceras glabrum Girtyoceras gordoni Girtyoceras hamiltonense Girtyoceras ibergense Girtyoceras intracostatum Girtyoceras kazakhorum Girtyoceras latum Girtyoceras meslerianum Girtyoceras meslerorum Girtyoceras modestum Girtyoceras multicameratum Girtyoceras premeslerianum Girtyoceras primum Girtyoceras shorrocksi Girtyoceras simplex Girtyoceras waitei Girtyoceras welleri Sagittoceras hathawayanum
Type: Adelphoceras meslerorum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Czechia (1 collection), Kazakhstan (28), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (25: Arkansas, Illinois, Nevada, Texas, Utah)
Total: 64 collections including 71 occurrences
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