Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 1989. Taxonomic names, in Rannepermskie ammonoidei Yugo-Vostochnogo Pamira. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 235:1-198
Belongs to Propinacoceras according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002 and Zhou and Yang 2005
Sister taxa: Propinacoceras affine, Propinacoceras ajense, Propinacoceras aktubense, Propinacoceras asiaticum, Propinacoceras beyrichi, Propinacoceras busterense, Propinacoceras galilaei, Propinacoceras insulcatum, Propinacoceras junctum, Propinacoceras modestum, Propinacoceras sangobense, Propinacoceras shuangputangense
Type specimen: PIN 3591/204, a shell. Its type locality is Kuru-Dzhilga River, Sample 132/7a, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.5
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Tajikistan (12)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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