Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1946. Ordovician Cephalopods of the Cincinnati Region. Bulletins of American Paleontology 28(116):85-638
Belongs to Diestoceras according to R. H. Flower 1946
Sister taxa: Diestoceras acuminatum, Diestoceras anticostiense, Diestoceras approximatum, Diestoceras breviconum, Diestoceras carletonense, Diestoceras eos, Diestoceras inaequiseptum, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras isotelorum, Diestoceras lamonti, Diestoceras lavalense, Diestoceras scoticum, Diestoceras shideleri, Diestoceras sinclairi, Diestoceras stensioei, Diestoceras stormeri, Diestoceras sycon
Type specimen: MU 446T, a shell. Its type locality is Harvey Branch, N of Oldenburg, which is in a Richmondian deep subtidal shelf claystone/limestone in the Bull Fork Formation of Indiana.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Harvey Branch, N of Oldenburg
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