Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Stearoceras rotundatum, Titanoceras rotundatum
Full reference: A. K. Miller and A. G. Unklesbay. 1942. Permian nautiloids from western United States. Journal of Paleontology 16(6):719-738
Belongs to Parapenascoceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy 1954
See also Miller and Unklesbay 1942 and Miller and Youngquist 1949
Sister taxa: Parapenascoceras aberrans, Parapenascoceras sanandreasense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Penasco Valley, Highway 82, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 130.0
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (6: Arizona, New Mexico collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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