Armenoceras raptor Billings 1866 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Armenoceratidae

Alternative combination: Orthoceras raptor

Full reference: E. Billings. 1866. Catalogues of the Silurian fossils of the Island of Anticosti, with descriptions of some new genera and species 1-93

Belongs to Armenoceras according to C. H. Holland and P. Copper 2008

See also Billings 1866

Sister taxa: Armenoceras australe, Armenoceras barnesi, Armenoceras callaghani, Armenoceras chediforme, Armenoceras chicottense, Armenoceras cygneum, Armenoceras hearsti, Armenoceras holtedahli, Armenoceras lenticontractum, Armenoceras michaudae, Armenoceras nummularium, Armenoceras robsoni, Armenoceras subconicum, Armenoceras vesperale

Type specimen: GSC2382 (Lectotype)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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