Gyrophiceras gangeticum de Koninck 1863

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Alternative combinations: Goniatites gangeticus, Lecanites gangeticus, Xenodiscus gangeticus

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19

Belongs to Gyrophiceras according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also de Koninck 1863, Griesbach 1880 and Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Gyrophiceras plicatum, Gyrophiceras subplicatum, Gyrophiceras vermiformis

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (3 collections), Pakistan (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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