Foordiceras ornatissimum Miller and Youngquist 1949 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist. 1949. American Permian nautiloids. Geological Society of America Memoir 41:1-218

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

Sister taxa: Foordiceras akiyamai, Foordiceras dolomiticum, Foordiceras flemingianum, Foordiceras goliathum, Foordiceras mammiferum

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 9802, S of Highway 67, Coleman, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 9802, S of Highway 67, Coleman

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