Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae
Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy. 1954. Nizhnepermskie svernutye i sognutye Nautiloidei yuzhnogo Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 50:1-150
Belongs to Gzheloceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy 1954
Sister taxa: Gzheloceras antiquum, Gzheloceras biangulare, Gzheloceras donetzense, Gzheloceras ellipsoidale, Gzheloceras faticanum, Gzheloceras maklai, Gzheloceras memorandum, Gzheloceras nikitini, Gzheloceras orthocostatum, Gzheloceras sholakense, Gzheloceras striatum, Gzheloceras tacitum
Type specimen: PIN 626/28. Its type locality is Zhil-Tau Hill, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine dolomite in the Baigendzhi Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 36.0
Distribution: found only at Zhil-Tau Hill, Aktyubinsk Region
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