Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Belongs to Actinoceras according to A.F. Foerste and C. Teichert 1930
Sister taxa: Actinoceras abortivum, Actinoceras aequale, Actinoceras altopontense, Actinoceras anticostiense, Actinoceras arcuanotum, Actinoceras carletonense, Actinoceras curdsvillense, Actinoceras gradatum, Actinoceras huronioides, Actinoceras incantatum, Actinoceras insulaenigrae, Actinoceras lambei, Actinoceras lesperancei, Actinoceras margaretae, Actinoceras mutabile, Actinoceras sinclairi, Actinoceras winstoni
Type specimen: USNM 82237. 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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