Isorthoceras elongatocinctum Portlock 1843 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae

Alternative combination: Geisonocerina elongatocinctum

Belongs to Isorthoceras according to B. Kröger 2013

Sister taxa: Isorthoceras albersi, Isorthoceras angelini, Isorthoceras cavi, Isorthoceras curvilineatum, Isorthoceras dalecarlense, Isorthoceras heintzi, Isorthoceras heroyense, Isorthoceras hudsonicum, Isorthoceras junceum, Isorthoceras maris, Isorthoceras nikwis, Isorthoceras padisense, Isorthoceras rogersensis, Isorthoceras sociale, Isorthoceras strigatum, Isorthoceras suave, Isorthoceras subcostatum, Isorthoceras sylphide, Isorthoceras urdr, Isorthoceras vexilli, Isorthoceras wahlenbergi

Type specimen: GSM 103561 (lectotype), a shell. Its type locality is Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy, which is in a Richmondian offshore mudstone/siltstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Ireland (1), Sweden (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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