†Billingsites Hyatt 1864 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae
Parent taxon: Ascoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002, Strand 1934 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Ascoceras, Ascoceratinae, Schuchertoceras, Shamattawaceras
Subtaxa: Billingsites anticostiensis Billingsites canadensis Billingsites deformis Billingsites manitoulinense
Type: Billingsites cordeyi
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (9: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Michigan, Tennessee)
Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences
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