Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Alternative combination: Cancelloceras elegans
Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya. 1978. Namyurskii etap v evolyutsii ammonoidyey - Namurian stage, evolution of ammonoids. Trudyi paleontologicheskovo instituta 167:1-338
Belongs to Cancelloceras (Crencelloceras) according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978 and Titus 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2195/1263, a shell. Its type locality is Aravan River, SW of Yangi-Kurgan, NE of Koksarau Mt., Sample 2, Fergana, which is in a Yeadonian offshore shelf limestone in Uzbekistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.8
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (2 collections), United States (1: Nevada), Uzbekistan (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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