†superfamily Meekocerataceae Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida

Parent taxon: Ceratitida according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018

See also Jattiot et al. 2016, Tozer 1994, Ware and Bucher 2018 and Đaković 2017

Sister taxa: Anfaceras, Arcestina, Arcestoidea, Arctohungaritidae, Bajarunia, Caribouceras, Carteria, Ceratites whitneyi, Ceratitiaceae, Ceratitina, Ceratitoidea, Choristoceratoidea, Clydonitaceae, Coeloceltites, Courtilloticeras, Cycloceratidae, Danubitoidea, Dinaritoidea, Eschericeratites, Glabrites, Glabrites involucrus, Haidingerites, Jeanbesseiceras, Larenites, Lobitaceae, Lobitina, Meekoceratina, Megaphyllitina, Megaphyllitoidea, Metassuria, Nathorstitaceae, Noritoidea, Obrutchevites, Otoceratina, Otocerina, Owenitidae, Paraacrochordiceras, Paraceltitina, Paraganides, Paratibites, Pinacoceratoidea, Pinacocerina, Poporites, Proavites, Procurvoceratites, Proptychitina, Protoceras, Ptychitaceae, Ptychitina, Sagecerataceae, Stolleites, Subacerites, Tapponnierites, Trachyceratoidea, Tropitaceae

Subtaxa: Byrrangoceratidae Flemingitidae Gyronitidae Ophiceratidae

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Type: Meekoceras

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Afghanistan (7 collections), Armenia (10), Australia (4), Azerbaijan (16), Canada (62: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut), China (244), Greenland (178), India (123), Indonesia (15), Iran (6), Japan (2), Madagascar (4), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), Norway (4), Oman (33), Pakistan (123), the Russian Federation (88), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (11), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (2), United States (38: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah), Vietnam (8)

• Permian of Pakistan (2)

Total: 985 collections including 1556 occurrences

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