Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Alternative spelling: Monitoceras
Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya. 1978. Namyurskii etap v evolyutsii ammonoidyey - Namurian stage, evolution of ammonoids. Trudyi paleontologicheskovo instituta 167:1-338
Parent taxon: Cancelloceras according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006 and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
Sister taxa: Cancelloceras asianum, Cancelloceras bisati, Cancelloceras contractum, Cancelloceras dilatatum, Cancelloceras elegans, Cancelloceras extenuatum, Cancelloceras fragosum, Cancelloceras huntsvillense, Cancelloceras pachygyrum, Cancelloceras parasianum, Cancelloceras rurae, Cancelloceras zhoungweiense
Subtaxa: Monitoceras karpinskii
Type: Gastrioceras karpinskii
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence