Allopiloceras compressum Ulrich et al. 1943 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, and A.K. Miller. 1943. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods. Part II, Brevicones. Geological Society of America Special Papers 49:1-240

Belongs to Allopiloceras according to E. O. Ulrich et al. 1943

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

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS loc. 473z. Trundles Cross Roads, Seymour (Ordovician of Tennessee)

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