Boreoceras cloudi Miller and Youngquist 1947 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist. 1947. Ordovician fossils from the southwestern part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Journal of Paleontology 21(1):1-18

Belongs to Boreoceras according to A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist 1947

Sister taxa: Boreoceras brevicameratum, Boreoceras ovale, Boreoceras parvulum, Boreoceras washburni

Type specimen: YPM 17312 (part), a partial shell. Its type locality is Sutton Island, SW side, 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

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