Caseoceras contractum Ulrich et al. 1943 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

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 Caseoceras according to E. O. Ulrich et al. 1943

Sister taxa: Caseoceras conicum, Caseoceras holtedahli, Caseoceras intermedium, Caseoceras nitidum, Caseoceras obesum, Caseoceras sequatchiense, Caseoceras subconicum

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 5 miles NW of Hermansville (Ordovician of Michigan)

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