Elkanoceras Flower 1971 (mollusk)

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

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Type: Lituites pluto

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Point Riche, Zone L (Ordovician of Newfoundland)

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