Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Alternative combination: Medlicottia whitneyi
Synonym: Eumedlicottia crotonensis Plummer and Scott 1937
Full reference: E. Böse. 1919. The Permo-Carboniferous ammonoids of the Glass Mountains, west Texas, and their stratigraphic significance. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 1762:1-241
Belongs to Eumedlicottia according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Böse 1919, Clifton 1942, Miller 1944, Miller 1945, Miller and Furnish 1940 and Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Eumedlicottia bifrons, Eumedlicottia burckhardti, Eumedlicottia kabiensis, Eumedlicottia nikitini, Eumedlicottia primas, Eumedlicottia subprimas, Eumedlicottia verneuili
Type specimens:
- Eumedlicottia whitneyi: Its type locality is Clay Slide, WNW of Iron Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas
- Eumedlicottia crotonensis: Its type locality is Falls of Salt Croton Creek, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Blaine Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.8
Distribution:
• Permian of Colombia (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (11: Texas)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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