Geisonoceras maclareni Murchison 1859 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Alternative combination: Orthoceras maclareni

Full reference: R.I. Murchison. 1859. Siluria, The history of the oldest fossiliferous rocks and their foundations; with a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over the earth, 3rd edit. 1-592

Belongs to Geisonoceras according to C. H. Holland 2000

See also Murchison 1859

Sister taxa: Geisonoceras heintzi, Geisonoceras kureikense, Geisonoceras shumardi, Geisonoceras wegelini

Type specimen: BGS GSM 105378-80, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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