Aphetoceras americanum Hyatt 1894 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32(143):349-647

Belongs to Aphetoceras according to B. Kröger and E. Landing 2008

See also Hyatt 1894

Sister taxa: Aphetoceras attenuatum, Aphetoceras boreale, Aphetoceras evolutum, Aphetoceras farnsworthi, Aphetoceras oderi, Aphetoceras ozarkensis, Aphetoceras ruedemanni, Aphetoceras subcostulatum

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at North of Port au Choix (Ordovician of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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