Actinoceras altopontense Foerste and Teichert 1930 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae

Belongs to Actinoceras according to A.F. Foerste and C. Teichert 1930

Sister taxa: Actinoceras abortivum, Actinoceras aequale, Actinoceras anticostiense, Actinoceras arcuanotum, Actinoceras carletonense, Actinoceras curdsvillense, Actinoceras gradatum, Actinoceras huronioides, Actinoceras incantatum, Actinoceras insulaenigrae, Actinoceras kentuckiense, Actinoceras lambei, Actinoceras lesperancei, Actinoceras margaretae, Actinoceras mutabile, Actinoceras sinclairi, Actinoceras winstoni

Type specimen: USNM 82196. Its type locality is High Bridge, Tyrone Fm., which is in a Rocklandian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tyrone Limestone Formation of Kentucky.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Kentucky collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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