Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Belongs to Prothalassoceras according to F. B. Plummer and G. Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Prothalassoceras bashkiricum, Prothalassoceras biforme, Prothalassoceras bostocki, Prothalassoceras dieneri, Prothalassoceras inflatum, Prothalassoceras jaikense, Prothalassoceras kingorum, Prothalassoceras notabile, Prothalassoceras serratum, Prothalassoceras solitum, Prothalassoceras umbilicatum, Prothalassoceras welleri, Allothalassoceras busterense, Allothalassoceras bogoslovskayae, Allothalassoceras karpinskyi, Allothalassoceras sangvorense
Type specimen: Its type locality is B.E.G214-T-28 (Q-11), east of Caddo, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 4.60
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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