Neoglassoceras caucasicus Kotlyar et al. 2004 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Full reference: G. V. Kotlyar, Y. D. Zakharov, and I. V. Polubotko. 2004. Late Changhsingian fauna of the northwestern Caucasus Mountains, Russia. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):513-527

Belongs to Neoglassoceras according to G. V. Kotlyar et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DVGI 8/820. Its type locality is Bezymyannaya Ravine, top of Upper Urushten Formation, Malaya Laba, Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Urushten Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.5

Distribution: found only at Bezymyannaya Ravine, top of Upper Urushten Formation, Malaya Laba, Caucasus

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