Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Full reference: J. H. Quinn and L. C. Carr. 1963. New Pennsylvanian Diaboloceras from northwest Arkansas. Oklahoma Geology Notes 23(5):111-118
Belongs to Diaboloceras according to W. W. Nassichuk 1975
See also Quinn and Carr 1963
Sister taxa: Diaboloceras involutum, Paralegoceras (Diaboloceras) varicostatum
Type specimen: University of Arkansas L11 Wo1, a shell. Its type locality is University of Arkansas locality 11 Wo, Lee Creek, which is in a Moscovian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Bloyd Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 170.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut collections), United States (2: Arkansas, Oklahoma)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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