Pachendoceras brevicameratum Unklesbay and Young 1956 (mollusk)

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 Pachendoceras according to A. G. Unklesbay and R. S. Young 1956

Sister taxa: Pachendoceras confertum, Pachendoceras parvum

Type specimen: Univ. Mo. 12734, a partial shell (portion of a phragmocone). 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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