Schuchertoceras troedssoni Foerste 1929 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Alternative combination: Billingsites troedssoni

Synonym: Schuchertoceras ringerikiense Strand 1934

Belongs to Schuchertoceras according to M. W. Frye 1982

Sister taxa: Schuchertoceras anticostiensis, Schuchertoceras bodense, Schuchertoceras fryi, Schuchertoceras norvegicum

Type specimens:

  • Schuchertoceras troedssoni: RM Mo 150151, a shell (adorally incomplete). Its type locality is Kallholn, Siljan District, which is in a Katian reef, buildup or bioherm lime mudstone in the Boda Limestone Formation of Sweden.
  • Schuchertoceras ringerikiense: Its type locality is Ringerike, Bønsnes Fm., which is in a Rawtheyan/Hirnantian carbonate limestone/lime mudstone in the Bønsnes Formation of Norway.

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (3 collections), Sweden (3)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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