Gymnotoceras ginsburgi Bucher 1992 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Full reference: H. Bucher. 1992. Ammonoids of the Shoshonensis Zone (Middle Anisian, Middle Triassic) from northwestern Nevada (USA). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 135:425-465

Belongs to Gymnotoceras according to H. Bucher 1992

Sister taxa: Acrochordiceras foltzense, Gymnotoceras blakei, Gymnotoceras crimicus, Gymnotoceras falcatum, Gymnotoceras inflatum, Gymnotoceras mimetus, Gymnotoceras olenekense, Gymnotoceras praecursor, Gymnotoceras rotelliformis, Gymnotoceras sublaqueatum, Gymnotoceras tasaryense, Gymnotoceras weitschati, Gymnotoceras zvetkovi

Type specimen: USNM 448225. Its type locality is Muller Canyon HB 233, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in Nevada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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