Pycnoceras Hyatt 1894 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32(143):349-647

Parent taxon: Estonioceratidae according to B. Stait 1983

See also Crick 1981, Teichert et al. 1964 and Ulrich et al. 1942

Sister taxa: Aethoceras, Alaskoceras, Aphetoceras, Clytoceras, Deltoceras, Eichwaldoceras, Estonioceras, Shumardoceras, Tragoceras

Subtaxa: Pycnoceras adamsense Pycnoceras apertum Pycnoceras calciferiforme Pycnoceras clausum Pycnoceras rotundatum

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Type: Pycnoceras apertum

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), United States (10: Arkansas, Missouri)

• Canadian of Australia (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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