Knightoceras oxylobatum Miller and Downs 1948 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae

Belongs to Knightoceras according to M. Gordon 1964

Sister taxa: Knightoceras kempae, Knightoceras lena, Knightoceras louphaphontaensis, Knightoceras subcariniferum

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 8190, Winslow, which is in a Moscovian marine sandstone in Arkansas

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.3

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (7: Arkansas collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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