Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Synonym: Aluveroceras
Parent taxon: Ormoceratidae according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
See also Crick 1981, Flower 1957, Frey 1995, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Adamsoceras, Deiroceras, Metarmenoceras, Mstikhinoceras, Orthonybyoceras, Parormoceras, Troedssonoceras
Subtaxa: Ormoceras bayfieldi Ormoceras centrale Ormoceras champlainense Ormoceras dartoni Ormoceras ferecentricum Ormoceras heckeri Ormoceras kiaeri Ormoceras neumani Ormoceras schohariae
Type: Orthoceras bayfieldi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: New York)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (12: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (13), Estonia (2), Malaysia (3), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (3), United States (15: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Texas)
• Llandeilo of China (2)
• Arenig of China (7)
• Dawan of Mongolia (1)
Total: 70 collections including 74 occurrences
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