Catoraphiceras colon White 1874 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae

Alternative combination: Orthoceras colon

Full reference: C. A. White. 1874. Preliminary report upon invertebrate fossils collected by the expeditions of 1871, 1872, and 1873. Geographical and Geological Exploration and Surveys west of the 100th Meridian, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1-27

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

Sister taxa: Catoraphiceras cushingi, Catoraphiceras foerstei, Catoraphiceras ibexense, Catoraphiceras lobatum, Catoraphiceras osagense, Catoraphiceras resseri, Catoraphiceras sordidum

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fish Springs (Ordovician of Utah)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.