Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Full reference: Y. Shigeta and H. Maeda. 2024. A new species of Tetragonites (Ammonoidea, Tetragonitidae) from the Maastrichtian of southern Sakhalin, Russian Far East. Paleontological Research 28:384-399
Belongs to Tetragonites according to Y. Shigeta and H. Maeda 2024
Sister taxa: Litoceras (Tetragonites) zacatecanum, Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kingianum, Neoepigoniceras, Tetragonites (Tetragonites), Tetragonites bournensis, Tetragonites brazoensis, Tetragonites crudus, Tetragonites epigonus, Tetragonites glabrus, Tetragonites jonesi, Tetragonites lecontei, Tetragonites madagascarensis, Tetragonites margaritatus, Tetragonites marshalli, Tetragonites nautiloides, Tetragonites obscurus, Tetragonites popetensis, Tetragonites silencioensis, Tetragonites simplex, Tetragonites subtimotheanus, Epigoniceras epigonum, Tetragonites (Carinites) spathi
Type specimen: NMNS PM 17242, a shell. Its type locality is MK2031, Acacia River, Makarov area, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Krasnoyarka Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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