Diestoceras lamonti Teichert 1940 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Full reference: C. Teichert. 1940. Cephalopods from the Drummuck Group of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20(1):103-115

Belongs to Diestoceras according to C. Teichert 1940

Sister taxa: Diestoceras acuminatum, Diestoceras anticostiense, Diestoceras approximatum, Diestoceras breviconum, Diestoceras carletonense, Diestoceras eos, Diestoceras inaequiseptum, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras isotelorum, Diestoceras lavalense, Diestoceras scoticum, Diestoceras shideleri, Diestoceras sinclairi, Diestoceras stensioei, Diestoceras stormeri, Diestoceras sycon, Diestoceras waynesvillense

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Starfish Bed, Girvan district (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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