Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Shumarditidae
Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev. 1950. Verkhnekammenouglo'nye Ammonity Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 29:1-223
Belongs to Shumardites according to M. F. Bogoslovskaya et al. 1995
See also Ruzhentsev 1950
Sister taxa: Shumardites confessus, Shumardites cuyleri, Shumardites librovitchi, Shumardites simondsi, Shumardites umbilicatus
Type specimen: PIN 319/1496, 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 18.1
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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