Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae
Parent taxon: Gattendorfiidae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acutimitoceras, Costimitoceras, Gattendorfiinae, Gattenpleura, Kazakhstania, Nicimitoceras, Weyerella, Zadelsdorfia
Subtaxa: Gattendorfia (Gattendorfia) Gattendorfia crassa Gattendorfia jacquelinae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Austria (5 collections), China (3), France (1), Germany (6), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Arkansas, California, Indiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah)
• Devonian of Germany (1)
Total: 32 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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