Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1903. The Carboniferous ammonoids of America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 52:1-211
Belongs to Agathiceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Plummer and Scott 1937 and Smith 1903
Sister taxa: Agathiceras (Agathiceras), Agathiceras anceps, Agathiceras applanatum, Agathiceras applini, Agathiceras brouweri, Agathiceras broweri, Agathiceras contractum, Agathiceras divisum, Agathiceras frechi, Agathiceras girtyi, Agathiceras iranicum, Agathiceras jilinense, Agathiceras mediterraneum, Agathiceras sequaxilirae, Agathiceras suessi, Agathiceras sundaicum, Agathiceras tornatum, Agathiceras uralicum, Agathiceras verkhoyanicum, Agathiceras vulgatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Salt Creek bluff, Graham, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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