Goodhallites gracilima Kossmat 1895 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Prohysteroceras (Goodhallites) gracillimum, Schloenbachia gracilima

Synonym: Cainoceras salebrosum van Hoepen 1942

Belongs to Goodhallites according to R. A. Henderson and W. J. Kennedy 2002

See also Choffat 1905 and Förster 1975

Sister taxa: Goodhallites aguilerae, Goodhallites austinense, Goodhallites burckhardti, Goodhallites goodhalli, Goodhallites hanhaense, Goodhallites hulenana, Goodhallites propinquus, Prohysteroceras (Goodhallites) besakatrense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.0

Distribution: found only at NE end of Lagoa Catuine, bed 3 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

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