Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Alternative combinations: Gabbioceras wintunium, Lytoceras (Gabbioceras) wintunium
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331
Belongs to Eotetragonites according to M. A. Murphy 1967
See also Anderson 1938 and Murphy 1956
Sister taxa: Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) raspaili, Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) umbilicostriatus, Eotetragonites balmensis, Eotetragonites gainesi, Eotetragonites gardneri, Eotetragonites shoupi
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS 1348, Alderson Creek, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (18: California collections)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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