Atsabites pamiricus Leonova 2023 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Paragastrioceratidae

Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 2023. The first record of the genus Atsabites Haniel (Paragastrioceratidae, Ammonoidea) from the Lower Permian of the Pamirs. Paleontological Journal 57:37-42

Belongs to Atsabites according to T. B. Leonova 2023

Sister taxon: Atsabites weberi

Type specimen: PIN 3591/501, a shell. Its type locality is Kur-Istyk River, Kochusu suite, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.5

Distribution:

• Permian of Tajikistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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