Palorthoceras kayseri Kröger et al. 2007 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Full reference: B. Kröger, M. S. Beresi, and E. Landing. 2007. Early orthoceratoid cephalopods from the Argentine Precordillera (Lower-Middle Ordovician). Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1266-1283

Belongs to Palorthoceras according to B. Kröger et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Palorthoceras buttsi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quebrada de Talacasto section, cephalopods, which is in a Floian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone/marl in the San Juan Formation of Argentina

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada de Talacasto section, cephalopods

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