Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Full reference: J. K. Tucker and R. H. Mapes. 1978. Coiled Nautiloid Cephalopods from the Wolf Mountain Shale (Pennsylvanian), North-Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 52(3):596-604
Belongs to Domatoceras according to J. K. Tucker and R. H. Mapes 1978
Sister taxa: Domatoceras atypicum, Domatoceras bashkiricum, Domatoceras collinsvillense, Domatoceras fredericksi, Domatoceras gigas, Domatoceras guangxiense, Domatoceras hexagonum, Domatoceras highlandense, Domatoceras hunicum, Domatoceras inostranzewi, Domatoceras latum, Domatoceras magister, Domatoceras mattoonense, Domatoceras mosquense, Domatoceras ogatsuense, Domatoceras parallelum, Domatoceras planotergatum, Domatoceras podolskense, Domatoceras sterlitamakense, Domatoceras tulense, Domatoceras walteri, Domatoceras wortheni
Type specimen: SUI42478. Its type locality is Locality 3, Lake Bridgeport Shale, Wise Co., TX, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Wolf Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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