Michelinoceras guadalupense Girty 1908 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Alternative combination: Orthoceras guadalupense

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Michelinoceras according to A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist 1949

See also Girty 1908

Sister taxa: Michelinoceras alticameratum, Michelinoceras avelinii, Michelinoceras currens, Michelinoceras floridaense, Michelinoceras melleni, Michelinoceras michelini, Michelinoceras mizobuchii, Michelinoceras palatum, Michelinoceras primum, Michelinoceras richardsi, Michelinoceras vandiverense, Michelinoceras wapanuckense

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains

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