Sicanites notabilis Ruzhentsev 1940 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Alternative combinations: Aktubinskia notabilis, Artinskia notabilis

Belongs to Sicanites according to Z. R. Zhou 2017

See also Leonova 2002, Ruzhentsev 1956 and Zhou and Liengjarern 2004

Sister taxa: Sicanites bactrianus, Sicanites croaticus, Sicanites evolutus, Sicanites schopeni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aktasty River, locality 10, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Aktasty Formation of Kazakhstan

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.9

Distribution:

• Permian of China (3 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Thailand (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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