Ellesmeroceras higdonense Ulrich et al. 1944 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

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 Ellesmeroceras according to E. O. Ulrich et al. 1944

Sister taxa: Ellesmeroceras (Metaellesmeroceras), Ellesmeroceras bridgei, Ellesmeroceras elongatum, Ellesmeroceras expansum, Ellesmeroceras hotchkissi, Ellesmeroceras indomitum, Ellesmeroceras luthei, Ellesmeroceras scheii, Ellesmeroceras thomasi, Ellesmeroceras winonicum

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at about 1 mile west of Higdon (Ordovician of Missouri)

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