Orthoceras expansum Blake 1882 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Alternative combination: Michelinoceras expansum

Belongs to Orthoceras according to Blake 1882

Sister taxa: Orthoceras annulata, Orthoceras bisignatum, Orthoceras blakei, Orthoceras boeckhi, Orthoceras burgense, Orthoceras decrescens, Orthoceras dominans, Orthoceras elegans, Orthoceras elegantulum, Orthoceras eurekensis, Orthoceras fluminense, Orthoceras geinitzi, Orthoceras gradatum, Orthoceras hulli, Orthoceras kingii, Orthoceras lennaense, Orthoceras lentum, Orthoceras lepton, Orthoceras luhai, Orthoceras margaritatum, Orthoceras modestum, Orthoceras mojsisovicsi, Orthoceras multilabiatum, Orthoceras oehlerti, Orthoceras orientale, Orthoceras progressum, Orthoceras punjabiense, Orthoceras rachidium, Orthoceras randolphensis, Orthoceras shastense, Orthoceras siculum, Orthoceras spissiseptum, Orthoceras spitiense, Orthoceras subellipticum, Orthoceras submoniliforme, Orthoceras subtriangulare, Orthoceras transversum, Orthoceras turritellum, Orthoceras vagum, Orthoceras vesiculosum, Orthoceras waageni, Orthoceratites, Orthoceros regularis

Type specimen: GSM 103511, a shell. Its type locality is Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy, which is in a Richmondian offshore mudstone/siltstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy

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