Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1952. New Ordovician Cephalopods from Eastern North America. Journal of Paleontology 26(1):24-59
Belongs to Beloitoceras according to R. H. Flower 1952
Sister taxa: Beloitoceras amoenum, Beloitoceras bucheri, Beloitoceras cautis, Beloitoceras estonicum, Beloitoceras huronense, Beloitoceras kirtoni, Beloitoceras lobiferum, Beloitoceras pandion, Beloitoceras plebeium, Beloitoceras stoermeri, Beloitoceras thorslundi
Type specimen: a specimen in the collection of G. Winston Sinclair, a shell. Its type locality is Lake St. George quarry, which is in a Turinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Gull River Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lake St. George quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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