Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Elrodooceras
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Silurian cephalopods of northern Michigan. Contributions from the Museum of Geology, University of Michigan 2:19-80
Parent taxon: Actinoceratidae according to C. H. Holland and P. Copper 2008
See also Kiessling 2003, Kröger and Pohle 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Actinoceras, Ellinoceras, Floweroceras, Kochoceras, Leurorthoceras, Paractinoceras, Saffordoceras, Troostoceras
Subtaxa: Elrodoceras blakei Elrodoceras indianense
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Niagaran of United States (3: Indiana, Ohio collections)
• Silurian of Canada (11: Manitoba, Quebec, Québec), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (4: Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Nunavut)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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