Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1952. New Ordovician Cephalopods from Eastern North America. Journal of Paleontology 26(1):24-59
Belongs to Valcouroceras according to R. H. Flower 1952
Sister taxa: Valcouroceras bovinum, Valcouroceras cyclops, Valcouroceras holtedahli, Valcouroceras obesum, Valcouroceras seelyi, Valcouroceras tenuiseptum
Type specimen: a specimen in the USNM, a shell. Its type locality is Valcour Island, Lake Champlain, "Middle Chazy Limestone", which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Crown Point Formation of New York.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Valcour Island, Lake Champlain, "Middle Chazy Limestone"
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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