†Boreoceras ovale Flower 1964 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
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 Boreoceras according to R. H. Flower 1964
Sister taxa: Boreoceras brevicameratum, Boreoceras cloudi, Boreoceras parvulum, Boreoceras washburni
Type specimen: YPM 17310, a partial shell. Its type locality is Fossil Point, Read Island, which is in a Tremadocian carbonate dolomite in Canada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Nunavut collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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