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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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