Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Alternative combination: Paracaloceras (Gyrophioceras) mineralense
Full reference: D. G. Taylor. 1998. Late Hettangian-early Sinemurian (Jurassic) ammonite biochronology of the western Cordillera, United States. Geobios 31:467-497
Belongs to Gyrophioceras according to L. M. Longridge et al. 2008
See also Taylor 1998
Sister taxa: Gyrophioceras morganense, Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum, Gyrophioceras supraspiratum
Type specimen: NWMNH 25035, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.3
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (2: Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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