Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Medlicottiidae
Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 1992. Ammonoidea, in Perm' Darvaz-Zaalayskoy zony Pamira: fusulinidy, ammonoidei, stratigrafiya. Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 253:110-167
Belongs to Prosicanites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Leonova 1992
Sister taxa: Prosicanites edelsteini, Prosicanites laxilectus, Prosicanites papuanus
Type specimen: PIN 4240/28. Its type locality is Vozgina River, sample 58/2, Darvaz Range, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Chelamchin Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 12.5
Distribution:
• Permian of Tajikistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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