Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthoceras perseus
Belongs to Bassleroceras according to D.H. Evans 2011
See also Kröger and Landing 2008 and Ulrich et al. 1944
Sister taxa: Bassleroceras acinacellum, Bassleroceras alethes, Bassleroceras beekmanense, Bassleroceras bridgei, Bassleroceras champlainense, Bassleroceras dalevillense, Bassleroceras kayi, Bassleroceras kirbyi, Bassleroceras lasallense, Bassleroceras microscopium, Bassleroceras smithbasinense, Bassleroceras spissiseptum, Bassleroceras tenuiculum, Bassleroceras triangulum, Bassleroceras vassarina
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (1: New York collection)
• Cassinian of Canada (1: Quebec)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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