Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
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 Eothinites according to Z. R. Zhou and Z. R. Yang 2005
See also Leonova 1989 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Eothinites aktastensis, Eothinites aktubensis, Eothinites cancellatus, Eothinites evolutus, Eothinites hessensis, Eothinites kargalensis, Eothinites planulatus, Eothinites pseudomeneghinii, Eothinites schabalkini, Eothinites solitus, Eothinites stenomphalus, Eothinites usvensis
Type specimen: PIN 3591/258, a shell. Its type locality is Shindy River, bed 4, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 47.0
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Tajikistan (11)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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