Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1942. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, Part I: Nautilicones. Geological Society of America Special Papers 37:1-157
Parent taxon: Trocholitidae according to B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtova 2017
See also Crick 1981, Kröger and Landing 2009 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Arkoceras, Discoceras, Graftonoceras, Hardmanoceras, Jasperoceras, Litoceras, Palaeonautilus, Paradiscoceras, Plectolites, Schroederoceras, Trocholites, Trocholitoceras, Wichitoceras
Subtaxa: Curtoceras abditus Curtoceras billingsi Curtoceras eatoni Curtoceras internastriatum Curtoceras minganense
Type: Lituites eatoni
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Spain (1 collection)
• Arenig of Argentina (2)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec), Estonia (4), Spain (1), Sweden (2), United States (6: Nevada, New York, Vermont)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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