Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and J. B. Owen. 1934. Cherokee nautiloids of the northern Mid-Continent region . Iowa University Studies of Natural History 15:185-272
Parent taxon: Gzheloceratidae according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1967
See also Hoare 1961, Laptikhovsky et al. 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Celox, Gzheloceras, Heurekoceras, Hunanoceras
Subtaxa: Parametacoceras bellatulum Parametacoceras changxingense Parametacoceras heteromorphum Parametacoceras jongmansi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Missouri)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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