Dawsonoceras Hyatt 1884 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae

Synonym: Cedarvilleoceras

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338

Parent taxon: Dawsonoceratidae according to B. Kröger 2013

See also Hyatt 1884, Kröger and Isakar 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Anaspyroceras, Calocyrtocerina, Dawsonocerina, Metaspyroceras, Palaeodawsonocerina

Subtaxa: Dawsonoceras annulatum Dawsonoceras barrandei Dawsonoceras fenestratum Dawsonoceras fimbriatum Dawsonoceras gregarium Dawsonoceras hyatti Dawsonoceras stumburi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection)

• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario)

• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana)

• Silurian of Argentina (1), Canada (4: Quebec), China (1), the Czech Republic (6), Ireland (1), Lithuania (5), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (3), United States (61: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician of Estonia (2), Sweden (3)

Total: 98 collections including 100 occurrences

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