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 Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971
Sister taxa: Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) burhennei, Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) coronula, Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) jasperense, Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) limatum, Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) mediolobum, Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) sagittarium, Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) weetsense
Type specimen: PIN 455/6657, a shell. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 7, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.2
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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