Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Synonym: Thuleoceras Troedsson 1928
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Notes on American Paleozoic cephalopods. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 20:193-268
Parent taxon: Westonoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Flower and Teichert 1957, Sepkoski 2002, Strand 1934 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Antiphragmoceras, Broeggeroceras, Clarkesvillia, Faberoceras, Glyptodendron, Hecatoceras, Hemibeloitoceras, Lavaloceras, Reedsoceras, Simardoceras, Sinclairoceras, Teichertoceras, Winnipegoceras
Subtaxa: Westonoceras askerense Westonoceras baffinense Westonoceras cornulum Westonoceras manitobense Westonoceras osloense
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (16: Manitoba, Mantiboa, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan), Greenland (2), Norway (2), United States (18: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 39 collections including 62 occurrences
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