Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1952. New Ordovician Cephalopods from Eastern North America. Journal of Paleontology 26(1):24-59
Belongs to Diestoceras according to R. H. Flower 1952
Sister taxa: Diestoceras acuminatum, Diestoceras anticostiense, Diestoceras approximatum, Diestoceras breviconum, Diestoceras carletonense, Diestoceras eos, Diestoceras inaequiseptum, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras isotelorum, Diestoceras lamonti, Diestoceras lavalense, Diestoceras scoticum, Diestoceras shideleri, Diestoceras stensioei, Diestoceras stormeri, Diestoceras sycon, Diestoceras waynesvillense
Type specimen: a specimen in the collection of G. Winston Sinclair, a partial shell. Its type locality is Terrebonne, near Montreal, which is in a Shermanian/Edenian deep subtidal shelf limestone/shale in the Tetreauville Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Terrebonne, near Montreal
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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