Dentoceras belemnitiforme Flower 1964 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Dentoceratidae

Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1964. Taxonomic names, in Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460

Belongs to Dentoceras according to R. H. Flower 1964

Sister taxa: Dentoceras latum, Dentoceras magnum, Dentoceras ultuganense

Type specimen: USNM 118998, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 15851, east of Boles, which is in a Bashkirian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Arkansas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Arkansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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