Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Full reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351
Belongs to Diestoceras according to C. H. Holland and P. Copper 2008
See also Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Diestoceras acuminatum, Diestoceras anticostiense, Diestoceras approximatum, Diestoceras breviconum, Diestoceras eos, Diestoceras inaequiseptum, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras isotelorum, Diestoceras lamonti, Diestoceras lavalense, Diestoceras scoticum, Diestoceras shideleri, Diestoceras sinclairi, Diestoceras stensioei, Diestoceras stormeri, Diestoceras sycon, Diestoceras waynesvillense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Carleton Point, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone/shale in the Vaureal Formation of Canada
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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