†Foordiceras ornatissimum Miller and Youngquist 1949 (mollusk)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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