Bassleroceras perseus Billings 1865 (mollusk)

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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