Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Paragastrioceratidae
Alternative combination: Pseudogastrioceras mckeei
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1958. Permian ammonoids from the Colorado Plateau. Journal of Paleontology 32:682-683
Belongs to Altudoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller and Furnish 1958
Sister taxa: Altudoceras altudense, Altudoceras boreum, Altudoceras cooperi, Altudoceras guanshanense, Altudoceras hefengense, Altudoceras hirsutum, Altudoceras hunanense, Altudoceras jiaheense, Altudoceras jianshiense, Altudoceras lijiaense, Altudoceras orientale, Altudoceras qiaoxiaense, Altudoceras roemeri, Altudoceras serratum, Altudoceras sosioense, Altudoceras waageni, Altudoceras zitteli
Type specimen: USNM 119866. Its type locality is USGS 14616 Blue, Soap Creek, which is in a Roadian marine chert in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.0
Distribution: found only at USGS 14616 Blue, Soap Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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