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 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 valcourense, Kionoceras virgatum
Type specimen: a specimen in the NYSM, a shell. Its type locality is Decorah, which is in a Blackriveran/Kirkfieldian deep subtidal shelf claystone/limestone in the Decorah shale Formation of Iowa.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (16: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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