Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Sactorthoceratidae
Full reference: R. C. Frey. 1995. Middle and Upper Ordovician nautiloid cephalopods of the Cincinnati Arch region of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066P:1-126
Belongs to Cartersoceras according to R. C. Frey 1995
Sister taxa: Cartersoceras noveboracense, Cartersoceras shideleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 6034-CO, Sulphur Well(s), New Watts Mill Rd., Little Hickman A section, which is in a Rocklandian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Tyrone Limestone Formation of Kentucky
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 6034-CO, Sulphur Well(s), New Watts Mill Rd., Little Hickman A section
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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