Strandoceras orvikui Kröger 2007 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Cyrtogomphoceratidae

Full reference: B. Kröger. 2007. Concentrations of juvenile and small adult cephalopods in the Hirnantian cherts (Late Ordovician) of Porkuni, Estonia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(3):591-608

Belongs to Strandoceras according to B. Kröger 2007

Sister taxa: Strandoceras schmidti, Strandoceras sonax, Strandoceras sphinx, Strandoceras sphynx, Strandoceras strandi, Strandoceras tyriense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Porkuni, Siuge Member, which is in a Porkuni perireef or subreef lime mudstone/chert in the Ärina Formation of Estonia

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Porkuni, Siuge Member

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