Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Alternative combination: Poterioceras approximatum
Belongs to Diestoceras according to D. H. Evans 1994
Sister taxa: Diestoceras acuminatum, Diestoceras anticostiense, Diestoceras breviconum, Diestoceras carletonense, Diestoceras eos, Diestoceras inaequiseptum, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras isotelorum, Diestoceras lamonti, Diestoceras lavalense, Diestoceras scoticum, Diestoceras shideleri, Diestoceras sinclairi, Diestoceras stensioei, Diestoceras stormeri, Diestoceras sycon, Diestoceras waynesvillense
Type specimen: NMI F4562, a shell. Its type locality is Tyrone, which is in a Soudleyan/Longvillian offshore sandstone in the Bardahessiagh Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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