Saloceras Evans 2005 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Eothinoceratidae

Full reference: D. H. Evans. 2005. The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 623:1-81

Parent taxon: Eothinoceratidae according to B. Kröger and D. H. Evans 2011

Sister taxa: Conothinoceras, Desioceras, Margaritoceras, Protothinoceras, Sacerdosoceras

Subtaxa: Saloceras chinianense Saloceras murvielense Saloceras pradense Saloceras sericeum

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Type: Orthoceras sericeum

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of France (7 collections), the United Kingdom (10)

Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences

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