Bistrialites bicostatus Gordon 1964 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Alternative combination: Liroceras bicostatum

Full reference: M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322

Belongs to Bistrialites according to S. Niko and R. H. Mapes 2017

See also Gordon 1964 and Niko and Mapes 2016

Sister taxon: Bistrialites bimembris

Type specimen: USNM 119705, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.6

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (18: Arkansas collections)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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