Coelogasteroceras mexicanum Girty 1909 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Alternative combination: Coloceras mexicanum

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. Paleontology of the Manzano group. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 389:40-141

Belongs to Coelogasteroceras according to A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist 1949

See also Clifton 1942, Girty 1909 and Miller and Unklesbay 1942

Sister taxa: Coelogasteroceras angulum, Coelogasteroceras coxi, Coelogasteroceras gracile, Coelogasteroceras thomasi, Coelogasteroceras uralense

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 50.0

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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