Glaphyrites aktubensis Ruzhentsev 1950 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

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

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

See also Ruzhentsev 1950 and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971

Sister taxa: Glaphyrites angulatus, Glaphyrites anguloumbilicatus, Glaphyrites angustilobatus, Glaphyrites bakeri, Glaphyrites darwenensis, Glaphyrites deciensis, Glaphyrites depressus, Glaphyrites drakei, Glaphyrites embolicus, Glaphyrites europaeus, Glaphyrites excelsus, Glaphyrites fayettevillae, Glaphyrites fornicatus, Glaphyrites holmesi, Glaphyrites hyattianus, Glaphyrites kansasensis, Glaphyrites kettlesingensis, Glaphyrites latus, Glaphyrites lineatus, Glaphyrites micromphalus, Glaphyrites millardensis, Glaphyrites millsi, Glaphyrites modestus, Glaphyrites moorei, Glaphyrites morrowensis, Glaphyrites multicavus, Glaphyrites nevadensis, Glaphyrites nolinensis, Glaphyrites oklahomensis, Glaphyrites pararhymnus, Glaphyrites pericycloides, Glaphyrites postremus, Glaphyrites postsolidus, Glaphyrites rarus, Glaphyrites raymondi, Glaphyrites rhymnus, Glaphyrites roemeri, Glaphyrites ruzencevi, Glaphyrites saharensis, Glaphyrites sakmarensis, Glaphyrites solidus, Glaphyrites stenomphalus, Glaphyrites striatus, Glaphyrites subangulatus, Glaphyrites subcavus, Glaphyrites submodestus, Glaphyrites subplicatus, Glaphyrites subtilicostatus, Glaphyrites sultanaevi, Glaphyrites uralensis, Glaphyrites warei, Glaphyrites welleri, Glaphyrites wilsoni

Type specimen: PIN 319/788, a shell. Its type locality is Aidaralash Creek, outcrop 8, which is in a Gzhelian marine limestone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.7

Distribution:

• Permian of Kazakhstan (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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