Megadiscosorus Foerste 1925 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Armenoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Megadisocosorus

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1925. Cephalopoda of Lake Timiskaming area and certain related species. Canada Department of Mines 145:64-93

Parent taxon: Armenoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981

See also Foerste 1925, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Armenoceras, Kailiceras, Monocyrtoceras, Nybyoceras, Selkirkoceras, Stolbovoceras

Subtaxa: Megadiscosorus crassisegmentatus Megadiscosorus inopinatus

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Type: Megadiscosorus crassisegmentatus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: Manitoba, Ontario collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences

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