Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Full reference: D. Korn and A. L. Titus. 2011. Goniatites Zone (middle Mississippian) ammonoids of the Antler Foreland Basin (Nevada, Utah). Bulletin of Geosciences 86(1):107-196
Belongs to Girtyoceras according to D. Korn and A. L. Titus 2015
See also Korn and Titus 2011
Sister taxa: Girtyoceras acutum, Girtyoceras brueningianum, Girtyoceras cowdalense, Girtyoceras deani, Girtyoceras discus, Girtyoceras endicottense, Girtyoceras glabrum, Girtyoceras gordoni, Girtyoceras intracostatum, Girtyoceras kazakhorum, Girtyoceras latum, Girtyoceras meslerianum, Girtyoceras meslerorum, Girtyoceras modestum, Girtyoceras multicameratum, Girtyoceras premeslerianum, Girtyoceras primum, Girtyoceras shorrocksi, Girtyoceras simplex, Girtyoceras waitei, Girtyoceras welleri, Sagittoceras hathawayanum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hamilton Canyon, 07NVWP-3, which is in a Brigantian deep-water shale/limestone in the Chainman Formation of Nevada
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (8: Nevada, Texas, Utah collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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