Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Paragastrioceratidae
Alternative combinations: Gastrioceras altudense, Paragastrioceras altudense, Pseudogastrioceras altudense
Full reference: E. Böse. 1919. The Permo-Carboniferous ammonoids of the Glass Mountains, west Texas, and their stratigraphic significance. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 1762:1-241
Belongs to Altudoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Böse 1919, Miller and Furnish 1940, Plummer and Scott 1937 and Ruzhentsev 1974
Sister taxa: Altudoceras boreum, Altudoceras cooperi, Altudoceras guanshanense, Altudoceras hefengense, Altudoceras hirsutum, Altudoceras hunanense, Altudoceras jiaheense, Altudoceras jianshiense, Altudoceras lijiaense, Altudoceras mckeei, Altudoceras orientale, Altudoceras qiaoxiaense, Altudoceras roemeri, Altudoceras serratum, Altudoceras sosioense, Altudoceras waageni, Altudoceras zitteli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Two miles southwest of Altuda station, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Altuda Formation of Texas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.5
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (19: Texas collections)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
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