Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Thalassoceratidae
Full reference: M. F. Bogoslovskaya, T.B. Leonova, and A.A. Shkolin. 1995. The Carboniferous-Permian boundary and ammonoids from the Aidaralash section, southern Urals. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):288-301
Belongs to Prothalassoceras according to M. F. Bogoslovskaya et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Prothalassoceras bashkiricum, Prothalassoceras biforme, Prothalassoceras bostocki, Prothalassoceras caddoense, Prothalassoceras dieneri, Prothalassoceras inflatum, Prothalassoceras jaikense, Prothalassoceras kingorum, Prothalassoceras serratum, Prothalassoceras solitum, Prothalassoceras umbilicatum, Prothalassoceras welleri, Allothalassoceras busterense, Allothalassoceras sangvorense, Allothalassoceras bogoslovskayae, Allothalassoceras karpinskyi
Type specimen: PIN 4441/165. Its type locality is Aidaralash Creek, Bed 9/1, which is in a Gzhelian marine sandstone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.5
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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