Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Alternative combination: Propinacoceras australe
Full reference: C. Teichert. 1942. Permian ammonoids from Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 16(2):221-232
Belongs to Bamyaniceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Glenister and Furnish 1961 and Teichert 1942
Sister taxa: Bamyaniceras baranovi, Bamyaniceras bornemani, Bamyaniceras bouyxi, Bamyaniceras darwasi, Bamyaniceras knighti, Bamyaniceras kubergandense, Bamyaniceras loeiense, Bamyaniceras magnum, Bamyaniceras multilobatum, Bamyaniceras nandanense, Bamyaniceras obliquinodosum, Bamyaniceras orientale, Bamyaniceras parasimile, Bamyaniceras polae, Bamyaniceras simile, Bamyaniceras simplex, Bamyaniceras spatiosum, Bamyaniceras tersum, Bamyaniceras yangchangense
Type specimen: UWA 20145. Its type locality is Wandagee Hill, 1475 yards N of Wandagee-Minilya Road, Coolkilya Paddock, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.3
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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