Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Alternative combination: Adelphoceras meslerianum
Synonyms: Dryochoceras brainerdi Morgan 1924, Girtyoceras postmeslerianum Bruning 1923
Belongs to Girtyoceras according to D. Korn and A. L. Titus 2015
See also Plummer and Scott 1937 and Ruzhentsev and 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 meslerorum, Girtyoceras modestum, Girtyoceras multicameratum, Girtyoceras premeslerianum, Girtyoceras primum, Girtyoceras shorrocksi, Girtyoceras simplex, Girtyoceras waitei, Girtyoceras welleri, Sagittoceras hathawayanum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 8.04
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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