Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
Alternative spelling: Phylloceras (Rhacophyllites)
Synonyms: Diphyllites Julien 1911, Triphyllites Julien 1911
Parent taxon: Discophyllitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Blau 1998, Kummel 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Shevyrev 1990, Spath 1934, Tozer 1981, Vavilov and Arkadiev 1986 and Wiedmann 1970
Sister taxa: Discophyllites, Indigirophyllites, Tragorhacoceras
Subtaxa: Rhacophyllites bloosi Rhacophyllites debilis Rhacophyllites despectus Rhacophyllites invalidus Rhacophyllites kavasensis Rhacophyllites pumilus Rhacophyllites stella Rhacophyllites zitteli
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Hungary (2), Indonesia (1)
• Triassic of Austria (24), Canada (8: British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (2), Germany (2), Indonesia (3), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (6), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (9), Tajikistan (3), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 68 collections including 79 occurrences
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