Buttsoceras vandiverense Ulrich et al. 1944 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Troedssonellidae

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1944. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary. Geological Society of America Special Paper 58:1-226

Belongs to Buttsoceras according to E. O. Ulrich et al. 1944

Sister taxa: Buttsoceras adamsi, Buttsoceras atticus, Buttsoceras novemexicanum, Buttsoceras odenvillense, Buttsoceras williamsi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at about 6 miles west of Vandiver (Ordovician of Alabama)

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