Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthoceras damesii
Belongs to Spyroceras according to J. Dzik and G. N. Kiselev 1995
Sister taxa: Spyroceras baffinense, Spyroceras bilineatum, Spyroceras boreale, Spyroceras chambliense, Spyroceras clathratoannulatum, Spyroceras crotalum, Spyroceras cylindratum, Spyroceras cyrtopatronus, Spyroceras ferum, Spyroceras fukuijense, Spyroceras giganteum, Spyroceras latepatronus, Spyroceras middlevillense, Spyroceras olorus, Spyroceras patronus, Spyroceras perlaeve, Spyroceras persculptum, Spyroceras textumarenaceum
Type specimen: MB C.862 (lectotype), a shell. Its type locality is Erratic block from the Vistula River, Bydgoszcz, which is in a Pridoli shallow subtidal limestone in the Beyrichienkalk Formation of Poland.
Distribution:
• Silurian of Germany (2 collections), Poland (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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