Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1964. The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12:234 p.
Belongs to Rioceras according to R. H. Flower 1964
Sister taxa: Rioceras consuetum, Rioceras dartoni, Rioceras escandei, Rioceras expansum, Rioceras fusiforme, Rioceras lobatum, Rioceras nondescriptum, Rioceras tubulare, Rioceras wellsi
Type specimen: NMBM 882, a shell (partial phragmocone). Its type locality is Rhodes Canyon (1st endoceroid zone), which is in a Demingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Cooks Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rhodes Canyon (1st endoceroid zone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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