Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Alternative spelling: Ophiceras (Metophiceras)
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1935. Additions to the Eo-Triassic invertebrate fauna of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 98(2):1-115
Parent taxon: Xenodiscidae according to D. Korn 2006
See also Spath 1935
Sister taxa: Aldanoceras, Arasella, Hypophiceras, Iranites, Kaibinoceras, Kelteroceras, Laibinoceras, Multisulcites, Paraceltitoides, Penglaites, Phisonites, Sakhaites, Shevyrevites, Sutchanites, Tompophiceras, Xenodiscus
Subtaxa: Metophiceras demissum Metophiceras subdemissum Ophiceras (Metophiceras) noenygaardi Ophiceras (Metophiceras) praecursor
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Romania (1)
• Triassic of China (8), Greece (1), Greenland (31), India (7), Indonesia (1), Nepal (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Idaho)
• Permian to Triassic of China (2)
• Permian of China (2)
Total: 59 collections including 71 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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