Anguloceras 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

Parent taxon: Bassleroceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002, Teichert et al. 1964 and Unklesbay and Young 1956

Sister taxa: Avaoceras, Avoceras, Dwightoceras, Lawrenceoceras, Leptocyrtoceras, Monogonoceras, Onychoceras, Stylocyrtoceras

Subtaxa: Anguloceras depressum Anguloceras ovatum Anguloceras rotundum

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Type: Anguloceras ovatum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (1 collection), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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