Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Full reference: O. P. Smyshlyaeva and Y. D. Zakharov. 2012. New representatives of the family Melagathiceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the Lower Triassic of south Primorye. Paleontological Journal 46:142-147
Belongs to Ussurijuvenites according to O. P. Smyshlyaeva and Y. D. Zakharov 2012
Sister taxa: Ussurijuvenites kwangsiensis, Ussurijuvenites popovi
Type specimen: DVGI 10/840, a shell. Its type locality is Artyom SMID quarry, southern Primorye, which is in a Smithian carbonate marl in the Zhitkov Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 10.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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