Orthoceras dominans de Gregorio 1930 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Full reference: A. de Gregorio. 1930. Sul Permiano di Sicilia (fossili del calcare con Fusulina di Palazzo Adriano non descritti dal Prof. G. Gemmellaro conservati nel mio privato gabinetto). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 52:1-70

Belongs to Orthoceras according to A. de Gregorio 1930

Sister taxa: Orthoceras annulata, Orthoceras bisignatum, Orthoceras blakei, Orthoceras boeckhi, Orthoceras burgense, Orthoceras decrescens, Orthoceras elegans, Orthoceras elegantulum, Orthoceras eurekensis, Orthoceras expansum, 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: Its type locality is Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll), which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll)

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