Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Alternative combination: Girtyoceras ornatissimum
Belongs to Eumorphoceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971
See also Gordon 1964
Sister taxa: Eumorphoceras angustum, Eumorphoceras bisati, Eumorphoceras bisulcatum, Eumorphoceras brevornatum, Eumorphoceras chungweiense, Eumorphoceras girtyi, Eumorphoceras goddardensis, Eumorphoceras hudsoni, Eumorphoceras involutum, Eumorphoceras medusa, Eumorphoceras milleri, Eumorphoceras paucinodum, Eumorphoceras pseudobilingue, Eumorphoceras pseudocoronula, Eumorphoceras richardsoni, Eumorphoceras rostratum, Eumorphoceras rota, Eumorphoceras rotuliforme, Eumorphoceras stubblefieldi, Eumorphoceras tornquisti, Eumorphoceras transuralense, Eumorphoceras tumulosum
Type specimen: Its type locality is B.E.G205-T-24 lower, abandoned lime kiln SE of San Saba, which is in an Asbian marine limestone in the Barnett Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Arkansas, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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