Anguloceras ovatum Unklesbay and Young 1956 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Multiceratoidea - Bassleroceratidae

Full reference: A. G. Unklesbay and R. S. Young. 1956. Early Ordovician nautiloids from Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):481-491

Belongs to Anguloceras according to A. G. Unklesbay and R. S. Young 1956

Sister taxa: Anguloceras depressum, Anguloceras rotundum

Type specimen: Univ. Mo. 12726, a shell (phragmocone). Its type locality is Unklesbay and Young Locality 1, which is in a Gasconadian offshore limestone in Virginia.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Unklesbay and Young Locality 1

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