Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthoceras xerxes
Belongs to Protocycloceras according to E. O. Ulrich et al. 1944
Sister taxa: Protocycloceras abnorme, Protocycloceras arkansasense, Protocycloceras catulus, Protocycloceras debilis, Protocycloceras doniphonense, Protocycloceras furtivum, Protocycloceras gangshanense, Protocycloceras geronticum, Protocycloceras lamarcki, Protocycloceras landmarcki, Protocycloceras levisense, Protocycloceras manitouense, Protocycloceras mendax, Protocycloceras odenvillense, Protocycloceras ordinatum, Protocycloceras philipsburgense, Protocycloceras rushense, Protocycloceras smithvillense, Rhabdocycloceras laswelli, Rhabdocycloceras affine, Rhabdocycloceras rhabdiferum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (1: New York)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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