Araxoceras abarquense Zakharov and Mousavi Abnavi 2010 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae

Full reference: Y. D. Zakharov and N. Mousavi Abnavi. 2010. Taxonomic names, in New species of Dzhulfian (Late Permian) ammonoids from the Hambast Formation of central Iran. Paleontological Journal 44:614-621

Belongs to Araxoceras according to Y. D. Zakharov and N. Mousavi Abnavi 2010

Sister taxa: Araxoceras glenisteri, Araxoceras iranense, Araxoceras kiangsiense, Araxoceras latissimum, Araxoceras latum, Araxoceras rotoides, Araxoceras simplex, Araxoceras tectum, Araxoceras trochoides, Araxoceras varicatum

Type specimen: DVGI 3/850. Its type locality is Abadeh Section, Unit 6, which is in a Wuchiapingian offshore limestone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.2

Distribution: found only at Abadeh Section, Unit 6

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