Actinoceras lesperancei Holland and Copper 2008 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Full reference: C. H. Holland and P. Copper. 2008. Ordovician and Silurian nautiloid cephalopods from Anticosti Island: traject across the Ordovician-Silurian (O-S) boundary. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45(9):1015-1038

Belongs to Actinoceras according to C. H. Holland and P. Copper 2008

Sister taxa: Actinoceras abortivum, Actinoceras aequale, Actinoceras altopontense, Actinoceras anticostiense, Actinoceras arcuanotum, Actinoceras carletonense, Actinoceras curdsvillense, Actinoceras gradatum, Actinoceras huronioides, Actinoceras incantatum, Actinoceras insulaenigrae, Actinoceras kentuckiense, Actinoceras lambei, Actinoceras margaretae, Actinoceras mutabile, Actinoceras sinclairi, Actinoceras winstoni

Type specimen: GSC124391, a shell. Its type locality is A0905. Homard Circle road, which is in a Richmondian/Hirnantian carbonate limestone/shale in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec, Québec)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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