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 donetzense, Gzheloceras ellipsoidale, Gzheloceras faticanum, Gzheloceras maklai, Gzheloceras memorandum, Gzheloceras nikitini, Gzheloceras orthocostatum, Gzheloceras sholakense, Gzheloceras striatum, Gzheloceras tacitum, Gzheloceras uralense
Type specimen: PIN 626/27. 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 30.5
Distribution:
• Permian of Kazakhstan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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