Gorbyoceras gracile Portlock 1843 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae

Alternative combination: Orthoceras gracile

Belongs to Gorbyoceras according to D. H. Evans 1993

Sister taxa: Gorbyoceras alternestriatum, Gorbyoceras clathroannulatum, Gorbyoceras gorbyi, Gorbyoceras hammelli, Gorbyoceras tetreauense, Gorbyoceras textumaraneum

Type specimen: GSM 104393 (lectotype), a shell. Its type locality is Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy, which is in a Richmondian offshore mudstone/siltstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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