Neoicoceras elkhornense Miller and Gurley 1896

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neoicoceratidae

Alternative combination: Goniatites elkhornensis

Full reference: S. A. Miller and W.F.E. Gurley. 1896. New species of Palaeozoic invertebrates from Illinois and other states. Illinois State Museum Natural History Bulletin 11:1-50

Belongs to Neoicoceras according to W. W. Nassichuk 1975

See also Hyatt 1900, Miller and Gurley 1896 and Plummer and Scott 1937

Sister taxon: Neoicoceras martini

Type specimen: Its type locality is Elkhorn Creek, which is in a Bashkirian marine siliciclastic in Kentucky

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 56.5

Distribution: found only at Elkhorn Creek

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