Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya. 1971. Namurskiy etap v evolyutsii ammonoidey. Rannenamyurskie ammonoidei. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 133:1-382
Belongs to Girtyoceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971
Sister taxa: Girtyoceras acutum, Girtyoceras brueningianum, Girtyoceras cowdalense, Girtyoceras deani, Girtyoceras discus, Girtyoceras endicottense, Girtyoceras glabrum, Girtyoceras gordoni, Girtyoceras hamiltonense, Girtyoceras intracostatum, Girtyoceras kazakhorum, Girtyoceras latum, Girtyoceras meslerianum, Girtyoceras meslerorum, Girtyoceras multicameratum, Girtyoceras premeslerianum, Girtyoceras primum, Girtyoceras shorrocksi, Girtyoceras simplex, Girtyoceras waitei, Girtyoceras welleri, Sagittoceras hathawayanum
Type specimen: PIN 455/6458, a shell. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 3, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.8
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (22 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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