Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
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 Cyptendoceras according to R. H. Flower 1964
Sister taxa: Cyptendoceras kirki, Cyptendoceras magnus, Cyptendoceras rhythmicum, Cyptendoceras richardsoni, Cyptendoceras ruedemanni, Cyptendoceras whitfieldi
Type specimen: RHF 886, a shell. Its type locality is Capitol Peak section, NW side of Florida Mts., which is in a Cassinian carbonate lime mudstone in the Scenic Drive Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Capitol Peak section, NW side of Florida Mts.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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