Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Full reference: M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322
Belongs to Mitorthoceras according to M. Gordon 1964
Sister taxa: Mitorthoceras clinatum, Mitorthoceras crebriliratum, Mitorthoceras perfilosum, Mitorthoceras yellvillense
Type specimen: USNM 119602, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 7089 green, Round Mountain, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Arkansas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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