Gymnotoceras weitschati Monnet and Bucher 2005 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Full reference: C. Monnet and H. Bucher. 2005. New Middle and Late Anisian (Middle Triassic) Ammonoid Faunas From Northwestern Nevada(USA): Taxonomy and Biochronology. Fossils and Strata 52:1-121

Belongs to Gymnotoceras according to C. Ji and H. Bucher 2018

See also Monnet and Bucher 2005

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

Type specimen: PIMUZ 25292. Its type locality is Rieber Gulch HB 2003, Augusta Mountains, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in Nevada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.6

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), United States (30: Nevada)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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