Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites kayei, Gaudryceras (Vertebrites) kayei, Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) kayei, Vertebrites kayei
Synonyms: Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) birkhauseri Anderson 1958, Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) coalingense Anderson 1958
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Gaudryceras according to C. Salazar et al. 2010
See also Anderson 1902, Anderson 1958, Arkadiev et al. 2000, Böse 1928, Forbes 1846, Henderson and McNamara 1985, Kennedy 1999, Kennedy and Henderson 1992, Kennedy and Klinger 1979, Matsumoto 1959, Morozumi 1985 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras), Gaudryceras aenigma, Gaudryceras beantalyense, Gaudryceras crassicostatum, Gaudryceras hobetsense, Gaudryceras izumiense, Gaudryceras makarovense, Gaudryceras mite, Gaudryceras numidum, Gaudryceras propemite, Gaudryceras seymouriense, Gaudryceras stefaninii, Gaudryceras striatum, Gaudryceras tenuiliratum, Gaudryceras varagurense, Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) alamedense, Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) delvallense, Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) neptunium, Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) texanum, Vertebrites murdochi, Mesogaudryceras leptonema, Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) pictum
Type specimens:
- Gaudryceras kayei: BMNH C51050, a shell
- Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) birkhauseri: CAS 61891.01, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 2361 - Joaquin Ridge [Ragged Valley Shale], which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Ragged Valley Shale Formation of California.
- Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) coalingense: CAS 61892.01, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 2362 - Coalinga [Ragged Valley Shale], which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Ragged Valley Shale Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.5
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (12 collections), India (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (1), Ukraine (1), United States (6: California)
Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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