Discoceras siljanense Kröger et al. 2011 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae

Full reference: B. Kröger, J. O. R. Ebbestad, and A. E. S. Högström Frisk. 2011. Mass concentration of Hirnantian cephalopods from the Siljan District, Sweden; taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeographic relationships. Fossil Record 14(1):35-53

Belongs to Discoceras according to B. Kröger et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Discoceras amtjaernense, Discoceras angulatum, Discoceras antiquissima, Discoceras antiquissimus, Discoceras arctuatum, Discoceras depressum, Discoceras fleischeri, Discoceras hyatti, Discoceras idaense, Discoceras ievesense, Discoceras nilssoni, Discoceras rarospira, Discoceras roemeri, Discoceras saemanni, Discoceras tubulatum, Discoceras vasalemmense

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Osmundsberget 1, Glisstjärn Formation (Ordovician of Sweden)

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