†Elkanoceras Flower 1971 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ruedemannoceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1971. Cephalopods of the Whiterock Stage. Paleozoic Perspectives: A Paleontological Tribute to G. Arthur Cooper 3:101-111
Parent taxon: Ruedemannoceratidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Franklinoceras, Madiganella, Ruedemannoceras
Subtaxa: Elkanoceras pluto
Type: Lituites pluto
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Point Riche, Zone L (Ordovician of Newfoundland)
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