Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Phthanoncoceratidae
Full reference: D. H. Evans and A. H. King. 1990. The Affinities of Early Oncocerid Nautiloids from the Lower Ordovician of Spitsbergen and Sweden. Palaeontology 33(3):623-630
Belongs to Valhalloceras according to D. H. Evans and A. H. King 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PMO NF2276, 2285 (complementary fragments of the same specimen), a shell. Its type locality is North Ny Friesland, between Lundehuken and Papegøyneset, which is in an Arenigian carbonate lime mudstone/grainstone in the Valhallfonna Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at North Ny Friesland, between Lundehuken and Papegøyneset
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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