Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Synonyms: Eolegoceras Leonova 1989, Pericycloceras Zhao and Zheng 1977
Full reference: A. K. Miller and E. J. Parizek. 1948. A Lower Permian ammonoid fauna from New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 22:350-358
Parent taxon: Metalegoceratinae according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989, Leonova 1992 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Juresanites, Metalegoceras, Pseudoschistoceras
Subtaxa: Bransonoceras bakeri Bransonoceras costatum Bransonoceras longyinense Eolegoceras murgabense
Type: Bransonoceras bakeri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections), Tajikistan (4), United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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