Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Full reference: A. G. Unklesbay and R. S. Young. 1956. Early Ordovician nautiloids from Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):481-491
Belongs to Woosteroceras according to A. G. Unklesbay and R. S. Young 1956
Sister taxa: Woosteroceras cherokeense, Woosteroceras flexiseptatum, Woosteroceras percurvatum, Woosteroceras spirale, Woosteroceras trempealeauense
Type specimen: Univ. Mo. syntypes 12730, a shell (seven silicified internal molds of phragmacones). Its type locality is Unklesbay and Young Locality 1, which is in a Gasconadian offshore limestone in Virginia.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Unklesbay and Young Locality 1
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