†Augustoceras Flower 1946 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae

Parent taxon: Valcouroceratidae according to R. C. Frey 1995

See also Crick 1981, Sepkoski 2002, Stait 1982 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Actinomorpha, Fayettoceras, Kindleoceras, Manitoulinoceras, Minganoceras, Staufferoceras, Valcouroceras, Valkyrioceras

Subtaxa: Augustoceras molense Augustoceras shideleri Augustoceras vallandighami

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Type: Augustaceras escheri

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections), United States (12: Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee)

Total: 14 collections including 20 occurrences

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