Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Alternative combination: Gyroceras medlicottianum
Full reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72
Belongs to Metacoceras according to B. Kummel 1953
See also Waagen 1879
Sister taxa: Metacoceras altilobatum, Metacoceras artiense, Metacoceras baylorense, Metacoceras bituberculatum, Metacoceras bowmani, Metacoceras carinatum, Metacoceras cheneyi, Metacoceras chittidilense, Metacoceras copei, Metacoceras cornutum, Metacoceras dorashamense, Metacoceras dorsoarmatum, Metacoceras dubium, Metacoceras hayi, Metacoceras hunanense, Metacoceras inconspicuum, Metacoceras knighti, Metacoceras kruglovi, Metacoceras orthogonium, Metacoceras parartiense, Metacoceras sangamonense, Metacoceras subpiszovi, Metacoceras subquadratum, Metacoceras sulciferum, Metacoceras unklesbayi, Metacoceras vagans
Type specimen: Its type locality is Khura, uppermost beds of Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate marl in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 68.0
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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