Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
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 Timorites according to T. B. Leonova 2010
See also Bogoslovskaya 1990, Leonova 2002 and Miller and Furnish 1940
Sister taxa: Timorites angrenoensis, Timorites curvicostatus, Timorites dendroides, Timorites distortus, Timorites gemmellaroi, Timorites giganteus, Timorites hanieli, Timorites intermedius, Timorites markevichi, Timorites schucherti, Timorites sigillarius, Timorites simplus, Timorites sinensis, Timorites striatus, Timorites takaizumii, Timorites yunnanensis, Subeothinites pamiriensis
Type specimen: SUI 1403. Its type locality is Captain James Ranch, eastern end, Altuda Mountain, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Altuda Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 73.6
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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