Moridunoceras Evans 2005 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

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: Troedssonellidae according to D. H. Evans 2005

Sister taxa: Buttsoceras, Cyclobuttsoceras, Oxfordoceras, Sheshanoceras, Tajaroceras, Thoraloceras, Troedssonella

Subtaxa: Moridunoceras castelli

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Type: Moridunoceras castelli

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dan-lan-y-castell Quarry, Llangynog (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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