Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Alternative combinations: Goniatites primas, Sageceras primas
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1872. On the occurrence of Ammonites, associated with Ceratites, and Goniatites in the Carboniferous deposits of the Salt Range. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 9(4):351-358
Belongs to Eumedlicottia according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Ehiro and Araki 1997, Reed 1944, Waagen 1872 and Waagen 1879
Sister taxa: Eumedlicottia bifrons, Eumedlicottia burckhardti, Eumedlicottia kabiensis, Eumedlicottia nikitini, Eumedlicottia subprimas, Eumedlicottia verneuili, Eumedlicottia whitneyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 86.1
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (2 collections), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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