Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Alternative combinations: Gastrioceras serratum, Paragastrioceras serratum, Pseudogastrioceras serratum
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Altudoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Girty 1908, Miller and Furnish 1940, Plummer and Scott 1937 and Ruzhentsev 1974
Sister taxa: Altudoceras altudense, Altudoceras boreum, Altudoceras cooperi, Altudoceras guanshanense, Altudoceras hefengense, Altudoceras hirsutum, Altudoceras hunanense, Altudoceras jiaheense, Altudoceras jianshiense, Altudoceras lijiaense, Altudoceras mckeei, Altudoceras orientale, Altudoceras qiaoxiaense, Altudoceras roemeri, Altudoceras sosioense, Altudoceras waageni, Altudoceras zitteli
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 10.4
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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