Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthoceras coralliformis
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1846. A synopsis of the characters of the Silurian fossils of Ireland: collected from several districts by Richard Griffith 1-72
Belongs to Kionoceras according to D. H. Evans 1994
See also M'Coy 1846
Sister taxa: Kionoceras decorahense, Kionoceras densum, Kionoceras diebuense, Kionoceras doricum, Kionoceras erraticum, Kionoceras heshuiense, Kionoceras infrequens, Kionoceras laqueatum, Kionoceras liaojiaoshanense, Kionoceras magnisulcatum, Kionoceras modicum, Kionoceras muyagirum, Kionoceras polyplicatum, Kionoceras serenum, Kionoceras styliforme, Kionoceras valcourense, Kionoceras virgatum
Type specimen: F5352, a shell. Its type locality is Tullyconnor, Leenane (=Leenaun), which is in a Telychian marine horizon in the Kilbride Formation of Ireland.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tullyconnor, Leenane (=Leenaun)
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