†family Welleritidae Plummer and Scott 1937 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Welleritidae

Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516

Parent taxon: Schistoceratoidea according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009

See also Korn 2006

Sister taxa: Christioceratidae, Orulganitidae, Pseudoparalegoceratidae, Schistoceratidae

Subtaxa: Axinolobinae Welleritinae

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Type: Wellerites

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), United States (17: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas)

Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences

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