Sizilites kurdistanensis Vasicek and Kullmann 1988 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Full reference: Z. Vasicek and J. Kullmann. 1988. Eine ammonoideen-fauna vom Sosio-typ (Guadalupian, Ober-Perm) aus Kurdistan (Irak). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 204(1-3):95-115

Belongs to Sizilites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Vasicek and Kullmann 1988

Sister taxa: Sizilites affinis, Sizilites craticulatus

Type specimen: UUG ZR87. Its type locality is Beyarah, Qulqula Region, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Qulqula Formation of Iraq.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 9.00

Distribution: found only at Beyarah, Qulqula Region

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