Martoceras modestum Bogoslovskaya 1978 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Full reference: M. F. Bogoslovskaya. 1978. Systematics and phylogeny of the families Marathonitidae and Vidrioceratidae (Ammonoidea). Paleontological Journal 12:50-63

Belongs to Martoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Bogoslovskaya 1978 and Bogoslovskaya 1990

Sister taxon: Martoceras dieneri

Type specimen: PIN 3740/483. Its type locality is Shor-Bulak-Say River, sample 147/4, 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 39.3

Distribution:

• Permian of Tajikistan (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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