Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev. 1978. Asselian ammonoids in the Pamirs. Paleontological Journal 12:32-49
Belongs to Agathiceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Ruzhentsev 1978 and Zhou 1987
Sister taxa: Agathiceras (Agathiceras), Agathiceras anceps, Agathiceras applanatum, Agathiceras applini, Agathiceras brouweri, Agathiceras broweri, Agathiceras ciscoense, Agathiceras contractum, Agathiceras divisum, Agathiceras frechi, Agathiceras girtyi, Agathiceras iranicum, Agathiceras jilinense, Agathiceras mediterraneum, Agathiceras sequaxilirae, Agathiceras suessi, Agathiceras sundaicum, Agathiceras tornatum, Agathiceras uralicum, Agathiceras verkhoyanicum
Type specimen: PIN 3740/124. Its type locality is Shor-Bulak-Say River, sample 147/2, Pamir Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Bazardarian Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.6
Distribution:
• Permian of Tajikistan (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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