Ophilyroceras tersum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Rhymmoceratidae

Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya. 1971. Namurskiy etap v evolyutsii ammonoidey. Rannenamyurskie ammonoidei. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 133:1-382

Belongs to Ophilyroceras according to D. Korn and M. N. Sudar 2016

See also Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 455/33404, a shell. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 8, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.6

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (2 collections), Serbia and Montenegro (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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