†Iranites transcaucasicus Shevyrev 1965 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Xenodiscidae
Full reference: A. A. Shevyrev. 1965. Ammonoidea, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:166-182
Belongs to Iranites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Iranites ishii, Iranites transcaucasius
Type specimen: PIN 1478/77. Its type locality is Dorasham 2, Tompophiceras Beds, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Ali Bashi Formation of Azerbaijan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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