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Gyronaedyceras eryx (Hall, 1879)

Gyronaedyceras eryx
Gyronaedyceras eryx

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oncocerida
Family: Brevicoceratidae
Genus: Gyronaedyceras
Species: Gyronaedyceras eryx (Hall, 1879)

Information

Geological Range

Middle Devonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Wisconsin

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Milwaukee Formation
Lindwurm Member
Berthelet Member

References

Cleland (1907): p. 468, fig. 14, p. 469.

Gass et al. (2010): pp. 100, figs. 183, p. 106, figs. 198, 199.

Remarks

From Cleland (1907, p. 469): “Shell large, regularly coiled, forming a very open spiral, making about one and one-half volutions. Regularly enlarging from near the apex to the chamber of habitation.” Originally described as Gyroceras eyrx by Hall, 1879.

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Images

Photograph of fossil of Gyronaedyceras eryx (MPM P4686)
Gyronaedyceras eryx from the Milwaukee Formation (Berthelet Member) of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

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