Allopiloceras lonachonense Evans 2011 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae

Full reference: D.H. Evans. 2011. The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165:1-131

Belongs to Allopiloceras according to D.H. Evans 2011

Sister taxa: Allopiloceras affine, Allopiloceras baylorense, Allopiloceras bealachense, Allopiloceras breve, Allopiloceras canadense, Allopiloceras coarctum, Allopiloceras compressum, Allopiloceras erectum, Allopiloceras sevierense, Allopiloceras subrectum, Allopiloceras subunguliforme, Allopiloceras tennesseense, Allopiloceras unguliforme

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Crags north of Loch Lonachan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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