Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Full reference: B. Kröger, M. S. Beresi, and E. Landing. 2007. Early orthoceratoid cephalopods from the Argentine Precordillera (Lower-Middle Ordovician). Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1266-1283
Parent taxon: Orthoceratidae according to B. Kröger et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Aethiosolen, Anaspyroceratinae, Chebbioceras, Ctenoceras, Infundibuloceras, Kopaninoceras, Leurocycloceratinae, Merocycloceras, Michelinoceras, Michelinoceratinae, Orthoceras, Orthoceratinae, Orthocycloceras, Pleurorthoceras, Pojetoceras, Prohypogeophis, Prohypogeophis tunariensis, Pseudospyroceras, Striatocycloceras, Theoceras, Tibichoanoceras, Tienoceras, Trematoceras
Subtaxa: Palorthoceras buttsi Palorthoceras kayseri
Type: Palorthoceras kayseri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quebrada de Talacasto section, cephalopods (Ordovician of Argentina)
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