Girtyoceras meslerianum Girty 1909 (ammonite)

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

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