Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Belongs to Agathiceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller and Youngquist 1947 and Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Agathiceras (Agathiceras), Agathiceras anceps, Agathiceras applanatum, Agathiceras brouweri, Agathiceras broweri, Agathiceras ciscoense, Agathiceras contractum, Agathiceras divisum, Agathiceras frechi, Agathiceras girtyi, Agathiceras iranicum, Agathiceras jilinense, Agathiceras mediterraneum, Agathiceras sequaxilirae, Agathiceras suessi, Agathiceras sundaicum, Agathiceras tornatum, Agathiceras uralicum, Agathiceras verkhoyanicum, Agathiceras vulgatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is B.E.G42-T-18, Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway, Coleman, which is in an Artinskian coastal shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 9.54
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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