Robsonoceras robsonense Walcott 1924

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Alternative combination: Ellesmeroceras robsonensis

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian and Ozarkian Brachiopoda, Ozarkian Cephalopods and Notostraca. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67:477-554

Belongs to Robsonoceras according to R. H. Flower 1964

See also Ulrich et al. 1944

Sister taxon: Robsonoceras manitouense

Type specimen: a series of syntypes in the USNM. Its type locality is 61q. Billings Butte, E of Robson Peak, which is in a Stairsian marine horizon in the Chushina Formation of Canada.

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia collections)

• Skullrockian of Canada (1: Alberta)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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