Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Alternative combinations: Cyrtoceras kirbyi, Ooceras kirbyi
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1889. Observations on some imperfectly known fossils from the Calciferous sandrock of Lake Champlain, and descriptions of several new forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2:41-63
Belongs to Bassleroceras according to B. Kröger and E. Landing 2009
See also Ruedemann 1906 and Ulrich et al. 1944
Sister taxa: Bassleroceras acinacellum, Bassleroceras alethes, Bassleroceras beekmanense, Bassleroceras bridgei, Bassleroceras champlainense, Bassleroceras dalevillense, Bassleroceras kayi, Bassleroceras lasallense, Bassleroceras microscopium, Bassleroceras perseus, Bassleroceras smithbasinense, Bassleroceras spissiseptum, Bassleroceras tenuiculum, Bassleroceras triangulum, Bassleroceras vassarina
Type specimen: Its type locality is Division B Beds, below the lower "Ophileta beds", Section northeast of Shoreham, which is in a Stairsian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Fort Ann Formation of Vermont
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: New York, Vermont collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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