†Polymeres demetarum Murchison 1839 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Polymeridae

Synonym: Orthoceras eoum Blake 1882

Belongs to Polymeres according to Murchison 1839

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Polymeres demetarum: BGS Geol. Soc. Coll. 6960, a partial shell (phragmocone). Its type locality is Road cut at Roman Rd., Pensarn, which is in a Moridunian offshore mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Orthoceras eoum: BGS GSM 37526. Its type locality is Lords Hill, which is in a Moridunian coastal siltstone/siltstone in the Mytton Flags Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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