Discoceras nilssoni Kröger and Aubrechtová 2019 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae

Full reference: B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtová. 2019. The cephalopods of the Kullsberg Limestone Formation, Upper Ordovician, central Sweden and the effects of reef diversification on cephalopod diversity. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-35

Belongs to Discoceras according to B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtová 2019

Sister taxa: Discoceras amtjaernense, Discoceras angulatum, Discoceras antiquissima, Discoceras antiquissimus, Discoceras arctuatum, Discoceras depressum, Discoceras fleischeri, Discoceras hyatti, Discoceras idaense, Discoceras ievesense, Discoceras rarospira, Discoceras roemeri, Discoceras saemanni, Discoceras siljanense, Discoceras tubulatum, Discoceras vasalemmense

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Furudal Quarry, Kullsberg Lst. (Ordovician of Sweden)

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