Gyrophiceras vermiformis Waagen 1895

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Alternative combination: Gyronites vermiformis

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Gyrophiceras according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also Waagen 1895 and Wang and Chen 1979

Sister taxa: Gyrophiceras gangeticum, Gyrophiceras plicatum, Gyrophiceras subplicatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidroo, lower Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 58.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of Indonesia (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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