Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Alternative combination: Peritrochia novomexicana
Full reference: A. K. Miller and E. J. Parizek. 1948. A Lower Permian ammonoid fauna from New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 22:350-358
Belongs to Pseudovidrioceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Bogoslovskaya 1990 and Miller and Parizek 1948
Sister taxa: Pseudovidrioceras dunbari, Pseudovidrioceras girtyi, Pseudovidrioceras pygmaeum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Little Crockett Tank, McGregor Ranch, which is in an Artinskian marine shale in the Hueco Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.5
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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