Gaudryceras de Grossouvre 1894 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Alternative spelling: Lytoceras (Gaudryceras)

Synonyms: Epigaudryceras Shimizu 1934, Gaudryceras (Mesogaudryceras) Spath 1927, Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) Shimizu 1935, Gaudryceras (Vertebrites) Marshall 1926, Hemigaudryceras Shimizu 1934, Mesogaudryceras Spath 1927, Neogaudryceras Shimizu 1935, Pseudogaudryceras Shimizu 1934, Vertebrites Marshall 1926

Parent taxon: Gaudryceratidae according to J. P. Gautam et al. 2019

See also Anderson 1938, Anderson 1958, Arkadiev et al. 2000, Cooper 1978, Henderson 1970, Hoffmann 2010, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 1999, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 2007, Kennedy and Klinger 1979, Matsumoto 1959, Morozumi 1985, Paulcke 1907, Sepkoski 2002, Shigeta 2016, Shigeta and Izukura 2018, Shigeta and Nishimura 2013, Spath 1953, Summesberger 1979, Summesberger 1980, Summesberger 1992, Thomel 1988, Ward and Kennedy 1993, Wright et al. 1996, Wright and Kennedy 1984 and Zaborski 1985

Sister taxa: Anagaudryceras, Eogaudryceras, Gaudryceras sigcau, Parajaubertella, Zealandites, Zelandites

Subtaxa: Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) pictum Gaudryceras aenigma Gaudryceras beantalyense Gaudryceras crassicostatum Gaudryceras hobetsense Gaudryceras izumiense Gaudryceras kayei Gaudryceras makarovense Gaudryceras mite Gaudryceras numidum Gaudryceras propemite Gaudryceras seymouriense Gaudryceras stefaninii Gaudryceras striatum Gaudryceras tenuiliratum Gaudryceras varagurense Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) alamedense Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) delvallense Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) neptunium Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) texanum Mesogaudryceras leptonema Vertebrites murdochi

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (7 collections), Antarctica (47), Australia (12), Austria (4), Brazil (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (5), France (16), Germany (3), India (2), Japan (70), Madagascar (2), Mexico (2), New Zealand (5), Nigeria (2), North Pacific (2), the Russian Federation (23), South Africa (11), Spain (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (50: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Washington)

Total: 272 collections including 307 occurrences

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