Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthoceras rushense
Full reference: A. M. McChesney. 1859. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1:1-76
Belongs to Protocycloceras according to G. H. Girty 1915
See also McChesney 1859
Sister taxa: Protocycloceras abnorme, Protocycloceras affine, Protocycloceras arkansasense, Protocycloceras catulus, Protocycloceras debilis, Protocycloceras doniphonense, Protocycloceras furtivum, Protocycloceras gangshanense, Protocycloceras geronticum, Protocycloceras lamarcki, Protocycloceras landmarcki, Protocycloceras levisense, Protocycloceras manitouense, Protocycloceras mendax, Protocycloceras odenvillense, Protocycloceras ordinatum, Protocycloceras philipsburgense, Protocycloceras smithvillense, Protocycloceras xerxes
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Ohio, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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