Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Alternative combination: Pseudogastrioceras fortieri
Full reference: P. Harker. 1960. Corals, Brachiopods and Molluscs of the Grinnell Peninsula, in Permian rocks and faunas of the Grinnell Peninsula, Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 309:1-89
Belongs to Daubichites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Harker 1960, Nassichuk 1970 and Nassichuk et al. 1965
Sister taxa: Daubichites brevicostatus, Daubichites butakovensis, Daubichites goochi, Daubichites hunggermiaoensis, Daubichites orientalis, Daubichites shouchangense, Daubichites sirenwenduerensis, Daubichites transitus
Type specimen: GSC 13772, a shell. Its type locality is GSC 26406, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf sandstone/limestone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 48.3
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (6: Nunavut collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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