Atahococeras Niko et al. 2000 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Full reference: S. Niko, T. Nishida, and K. Nakazawa. 2000. Orthoconic cephalopods from the Lower Permian Atahoc Formation in East Timor. Paleontological Research 4(2):83-88

Parent taxon: Spyroceratinae according to S. Niko et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Adnatoceras, Anastomoceras, Bitaunioceras, Cancellspyroceras, Cryptorthoceras, Cyrtospyroceras, Cyrtothoracoceras, Diagoceras, Euloxoceras, Fusicoceras, Geisonoceroides, Gordonoceras, Lopingoceras, Palaeospyroceras, Palmeroceras, Petryoceras, Pseudocycloceras, Reticycloceras, Sceptrites, Shikhanoceras, Spyroceras, Suloceras, Tripteroceroides

Subtaxa: Atahococeras timorense

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Type: Atahococeras timorense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Atahoc Fm - River Sumasse, East Timor (Permian of Timor-Leste)

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