Allumettoceras courtownense Evans 1994 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Full reference: D. H. Evans. 1994. Siphonal and cameral deposits in Allumettoceras and the position of the Tripteroceratidae (Nautiloidea). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 68(3/4):321-337

Belongs to Allumettoceras according to D. H. Evans 1994

Sister taxa: Allumettoceras giganteum, Allumettoceras mjoesense, Allumettoceras oneratum, Allumettoceras pauquettense, Allumettoceras tenerum

Type specimen: GSI F080103, a partial shell (partial phragmocone). Its type locality is 700m NNE of Ballymoney Strand, which is in a Llandeilo marginal marine sandstone in the Courtown Formation of Ireland.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 700m NNE of Ballymoney Strand

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