†Maximites Miller and Furnish 1957 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maximitidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1957. Permian ammonoids from southern Arabia. Journal of Paleontology 31:1043-1051
Parent taxon: Maximitidae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Maximites alexanderi Maximites cherokeensis Maximites nassichuki Maximites oklahomensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), United States (9: Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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