Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Belongs to Phaneroceras according to W. W. Nassichuk 1975
See also Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Phaneroceras amotapense, Phaneroceras chesnuti, Phaneroceras compressum, Phaneroceras kesslerense, Phaneroceras lenaense
Type specimen: Its type locality is UTBEG 153-T-6, San Saba highway, 5.6 km east and 1.4 km south of Rochelle, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Smithwick Formation of Texas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.7
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (16: Nunavut collections), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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