Agathiceras applanatum Teichert 1944 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae

Full reference: C. Teichert. 1944. Two new ammonoids from the Permian of Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 18(1):83-89

Belongs to Agathiceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Glenister and Furnish 1961 and Teichert 1944

Sister taxa: Agathiceras (Agathiceras), Agathiceras anceps, 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, Agathiceras vulgatum

Type specimen: UWA 21451. Its type locality is Wandagee Hill, 300 yards E of SE Gully, Mungadan Paddock, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.8

Distribution: found only at Wandagee Hill, 300 yards E of SE Gully, Mungadan Paddock

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