Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Full reference: M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322
Belongs to Reticycloceras according to M. Gordon 1964
Sister taxa: Reticycloceras croneisi, Reticycloceras girtyi, Reticycloceras sequoyahense
Type specimen: USNM 119039, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Arkansas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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