Neoaganides nesenensis Frest et al. 1981 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pseudohaloritidae

Full reference: T. J. Frest, B.F. Glenister, and W.M. Furnish. 1981. Pennsylvanian-Permian Cheiloceratacean ammonoid families Maximitidae and Pseudohaloritidae. The Paleontology Society Memoir 11

Belongs to Neoaganides according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Frest et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Neoaganides costatus, Neoaganides dictyon, Neoaganides gigantus, Neoaganides grahamensis, Neoaganides laevigatus, Neoaganides meitianensis, Neoaganides multiseptatus, Neoaganides paulus, Neoaganides rectilobatus, Neoaganides tabantalensis, Neoaganides ultimus, Neoaganides xiaoheensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Amol section, Bed 31, lower Heraz Valley, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Nesen Formation of Iran

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.0

Distribution: found only at Amol section, Bed 31, lower Heraz Valley

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