Lavaloceras Flower 1952 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae

Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1952. New Ordovician Cephalopods from Eastern North America. Journal of Paleontology 26(1):24-59

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

See also Flower 1952, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Antiphragmoceras, Broeggeroceras, Clarkesvillia, Faberoceras, Glyptodendron, Hecatoceras, Hemibeloitoceras, Reedsoceras, Simardoceras, Sinclairoceras, Teichertoceras, Westonoceras, Winnipegoceras

Subtaxa: Lavaloceras geniculatum

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Type: Lavaloceras geniculatum

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Crabtree Mills (Ordovician of Quebec)

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