†Aphetoceras boreale Hyatt 1894 (mollusk)
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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 E. O. Ulrich et al. 1942
Sister taxa: Aphetoceras americanum, Aphetoceras attenuatum, Aphetoceras evolutum, Aphetoceras farnsworthi, Aphetoceras oderi, Aphetoceras ozarkensis, Aphetoceras ruedemanni, Aphetoceras subcostulatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Schooner Island (Ordovician of Newfoundland and Labrador)
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