†Charactoceras hercules Billings 1857 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Multiceratoidea - Apsidoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Characteroceras hercules, Nautilus hercules
Belongs to Charactoceras according to R. D. White and L. K. Skorina 1999
See also Billings 1857 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Charactoceras baeri, Charactoceras cinereum, Charactoceras estonicum, Charactoceras kallholnense, Charactoceras raettvikense, Charactoceras suecicum, Charactoceras triangulum
Type specimen: GSC 2221
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Carleton Point (Ordovician of Quebec)
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