Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Gastrioceras jacksoni, Metalegoceras jacksoni
Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1907. Descriptions of Carboniferous fossils from the Irwin River, collected by Mr. C. F. V. Jackson, late Assistant Government Geologist. Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 27:26-37
Belongs to Juresanites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Etheridge 1907, Glenister and Furnish 1961, Glenister et al. 1973, Miller 1932, Teichert 1942 and Teichert and Glenister 1952
Sister taxa: Juresanites campbelli, Juresanites colemanensis, Juresanites hanieli, Juresanites intermedius, Juresanites kazakhorum, Juresanites maximovae, Juresanites melanesianum, Juresanites originalis, Juresanites primitivus, Juresanites somoholense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gnoolowa Hill, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian marine shale in the Holmwood Formation of Australia
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 104.0
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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