Bamyaniceras knighti Miller and Furnish 1940 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Alternative combination: Propinacoceras knighti

Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242

Belongs to Bamyaniceras according to Z. R. Zhou 2017

See also Clifton 1942, Leonova 2002 and Miller and Furnish 1940

Sister taxa: Bamyaniceras australe, Bamyaniceras baranovi, Bamyaniceras bornemani, Bamyaniceras bouyxi, Bamyaniceras darwasi, Bamyaniceras kubergandense, Bamyaniceras loeiense, Bamyaniceras magnum, Bamyaniceras multilobatum, Bamyaniceras nandanense, Bamyaniceras obliquinodosum, Bamyaniceras orientale, Bamyaniceras parasimile, Bamyaniceras polae, Bamyaniceras simile, Bamyaniceras simplex, Bamyaniceras spatiosum, Bamyaniceras tersum, Bamyaniceras yangchangense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.0

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections), United States (20: Texas)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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