Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Full reference: M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322
Belongs to Mooreoceras according to M. Gordon 1964
Sister taxa: Pseudorthoceras knoxense, Pseudorthoceras neumannae, Pseudorthoceras pillae, Pseudorthoceras simense, Pseudorthoceras stonense, Mooreoceras regulare, Mooreoceras sibumasuense, Mooreoceras tuba, Mooreoceras australis, Mooreoceras giganteum, Mooreoceras zalazarensis
Type specimen: USNM 119028, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 1603, Fayetteville, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Arkansas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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