Prosicanites laxilectus Leonova 1992 (ammonite)

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 minutus, Prosicanites papuanus

Type specimen: PIN 4240/22. Its type locality is Charymdara River, sample 51/6, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Chelamchin Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.6

Distribution: found only at Charymdara River, sample 51/6

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