Epistroboceras mangeri Niko and Mapes 2016 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Full reference: S. Niko and R. H. Mapes. 2016. Coiled nautiloids from the Lower Carboniferous Fayetteville Formation in Arkansas, midcontinent North America. Paleontological Research 20:7-17

Belongs to Epistroboceras according to S. Niko and R. H. Mapes 2016

Sister taxa: Epistroboceras chancharense, Epistroboceras gracile, Epistroboceras kathleenae, Epistroboceras lesliense, Epistroboceras pitkinense, Epistroboceras stubblefieldi, Epistroboceras texanum

Type specimen: AMNH 5741, a shell. Its type locality is ARC-I-540, West Fork, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (6: Arkansas collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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