Kionoceras valcourense Flower 1952 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae

Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1952. New Ordovician Cephalopods from Eastern North America. Journal of Paleontology 26(1):24-59

Belongs to Kionoceras according to R. H. Flower 1952

Sister taxa: Kionoceras coralliforme, Kionoceras decorahense, Kionoceras densum, Kionoceras diebuense, Kionoceras doricum, Kionoceras erraticum, Kionoceras heshuiense, Kionoceras infrequens, Kionoceras laqueatum, Kionoceras liaojiaoshanense, Kionoceras magnisulcatum, Kionoceras modicum, Kionoceras muyagirum, Kionoceras polyplicatum, Kionoceras serenum, Kionoceras styliforme, Kionoceras virgatum

Type specimen: RHF 43, a shell. Its type locality is Little Monty Bay (=Trombley Bay), Valcour Fm., which is in an Ashbyan reef, buildup or bioherm lime mudstone/grainstone in the Valcour Formation of New York.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Little Monty Bay (=Trombley Bay), Valcour Fm.

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