†Mescalites Furnish and Glenister 1971 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gonioloboceratidae
Full reference: W. M. Furnish and B. F. Glenister. 1971. Permian Gonioloboceratidae (Ammonoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3:301-312
Parent taxon: Gonioloboceratidae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006, Leonova 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Engonioloboceras, Gonioglyphioceras, Gonioloboceras, Gonioloboceratoides, Megatrochoceras, Okafujiceras
Subtaxa: Mescalites discoidalis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: New Mexico)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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