Expandocassinoceras 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

Parent taxon: Piloceratidae according to D.H. Evans 2011

Sister taxa: Allopiloceras, Augeoceras, Cassinoceras, Dartonoceras, Liaotungoceras, Penhsioceras, Piloceras, Subpenhsioceras, Utoceras

Subtaxa: Expandocassinoceras arkansasense Expandocassinoceras grande

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Type: Cassinoceras arkansasense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Arkansas, New York, Vermont)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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