Boesites primoris Ruzhentsev 1950 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev. 1950. Verkhnekammenouglo'nye Ammonity Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 29:1-223

Belongs to Boesites according to M. F. Bogoslovskaya et al. 1995

See also Nassichuk 1975 and Ruzhentsev 1950

Sister taxa: Boesites (Eoboesites), Boesites aktubensis, Boesites biconcavus, Boesites eotexanus, Boesites eurinus, Boesites girtyi, Boesites gracilis, Boesites intercalaris, Boesites kingi, Boesites serotinus, Boesites texanus

Type specimen: PIN 320/22, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.5

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (2 collections), the Russian Federation (8)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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