Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Full reference: A. A. Shkolin. 1992. New species of the ammonoid genus Juresanites from the Lower Permian of the southern Urals. Paleontological Journal 26(4):88-92
Belongs to Juresanites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Bogoslovskaya et al. 1995 and Shkolin 1992
Sister taxa: Juresanites campbelli, Juresanites colemanensis, Juresanites hanieli, Juresanites jacksoni, Juresanites kazakhorum, Juresanites maximovae, Juresanites melanesianum, Juresanites originalis, Juresanites primitivus, Juresanites somoholense
Type specimen: PIN 4441/160. Its type locality is Aidaralash Creek, Bed 36/2, which is in a Sakmarian marine mudstone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.5
Distribution: found only at Aidaralash Creek, Bed 36/2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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