Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Synonym: Turkmenites gissarensis Ilyin 1975
Belongs to Placenticeras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras pseudoplacenta, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 48.7
Distribution: found only at Kolbay section, level 7 (Cretaceous of Kazakhstan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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