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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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