Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Full reference: D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. Taxonomic names, in The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9:3-60

Belongs to Calygirtyoceras according to D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen 2006

Sister taxa: Calygirtyoceras arcticum, Calygirtyoceras confusionense, Calygirtyoceras darkaouaense, Calygirtyoceras moorei, Calygirtyoceras platyforme

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.9087.1, a shell. Its type locality is GI-J, Gara el Itima, which is in an Asbian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.4

Distribution: found only at GI-J, Gara el Itima

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