Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and L. M. Cline. 1934. The cephalopods of the Phosphoria Formation of northwestern United States. Journal of Paleontology 8(3):281-302
Belongs to Gastrioceras according to A. K. Miller and L. M. Cline 1934
Sister taxa: Gastrioceras (Lissogastrioceras), Gastrioceras angustum, Gastrioceras araium, Gastrioceras attenuatum, Gastrioceras carbonarium, Gastrioceras formosum, Gastrioceras glenisteri, Gastrioceras kutejnikovense, Gastrioceras liratum, Gastrioceras listeri, Gastrioceras lupinum, Gastrioceras magoffinense, Gastrioceras melvillensis, Gastrioceras montgomeryense, Gastrioceras noduliferum, Gastrioceras occidentale, Gastrioceras planorbiformis, Gastrioceras prone, Gastrioceras retiferum, Gastrioceras richthofeni, Gastrioceras stenumbilicatum, Gastrioceras wongi
Type specimen: USGS 1725. Its type locality is USGS 981, Layland tunnel, Sublette Range, which is in a Roadian offshore shale in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.0
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Idaho, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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