Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae
Alternative combination: Adrianites adamsi
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242
Belongs to Metacrimites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller 1945
Sister taxa: Neocrimites (Metacrimites), Neocrimites (Neocrimites), Neocrimites (Sosiocrimites), Neocrimites fredericksi, Neocrimites guangxiensis, Neocrimites guizhouensis, Neocrimites jiajiaensis, Neocrimites nalivkini, Neocrimites obesus, Neocrimites oyensi, Neocrimites rothpletzi
Type specimen: YPM 16761. Its type locality is R.E. King 251, Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.3
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.