Margoceras wandageense Teichert 1942

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Alternative combination: Paragastrioceras wandageense

Full reference: C. Teichert. 1942. Permian ammonoids from Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 16(2):221-232

Belongs to Margoceras according to K. V. Borissenkov 2020

See also Glenister and Furnish 1961, Leonova 2002 and Teichert 1942

Sister taxa: Margoceras boreale, Margoceras kungurense

Type specimen: UWA 20142. Its type locality is Coolkilya Paddock, 200 yards north of Wandagee-Minilya road, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.2

Distribution: found only at Coolkilya Paddock, 200 yards north of Wandagee-Minilya road

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