Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596
Belongs to Gastrioceras according to F. R. C. Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Gastrioceras (Lissogastrioceras), Gastrioceras angustum, Gastrioceras araium, Gastrioceras attenuatum, Gastrioceras carbonarium, Gastrioceras formosum, Gastrioceras glenisteri, Gastrioceras kutejnikovense, Gastrioceras liratum, Gastrioceras listeri, Gastrioceras lupinum, Gastrioceras magoffinense, Gastrioceras melvillensis, Gastrioceras montgomeryense, Gastrioceras occidentale, Gastrioceras planorbiformis, Gastrioceras prone, Gastrioceras retiferum, Gastrioceras richthofeni, Gastrioceras stenumbilicatum, Gastrioceras williamsi, Gastrioceras wongi
Type specimen: GSI 17247, a shell. Its type locality is Khan Mahammadwali, Upper Productus Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.0
Distribution: found only at Khan Mahammadwali, Upper Productus Limestone, Salt Range
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