Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Alternative combination: Cyrtoceras amoenum
Belongs to Beloitoceras according to R.H. Flower 1946
Sister taxa: Beloitoceras bucheri, Beloitoceras cautis, Beloitoceras estonicum, Beloitoceras huronense, Beloitoceras kirtoni, Beloitoceras lobiferum, Beloitoceras orilliense, Beloitoceras pandion, Beloitoceras plebeium, Beloitoceras stoermeri, Beloitoceras thorslundi
Type specimen: UC 106. Its type locality is Richmond, Whitewater Fm., which is in a Richmondian marine reef rocks in the Whitewater Formation of Indiana.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (4: Indiana, Ohio collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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