Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Alternative spelling: Marathonites (Almites)
Parent taxon: Marathonitidae according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Bogoslovskaya 1990, Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002, Ruzhentsev 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cardiella, Kargalites, Kargalitinae, Marathonites, Marathonitinae, Promarathonites, Pseudovidrioceras, Suakites, Subkargalites
Subtaxa: Almites dmitrievi Almites electraensis Almites gracilis Almites hayasakai Almites invariabilis Almites leveni Almites multisulcatus Almites pavlovi Almites pressulus Almites reverendus Almites sellardsi Almites transitorius Almites ventrosus
Type: Marathonites sellardsi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections), Indonesia (1), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (9), Tajikistan (30), United States (23: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (5), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 77 collections including 78 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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