Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Belongs to Medlicottia according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Medlicottia arroyoensis, Medlicottia basarensis, Medlicottia busterensis, Medlicottia copei, Medlicottia costellifera, Medlicottia gansuensis, Medlicottia illius, Medlicottia intermedia, Medlicottia jakovlevi, Medlicottia karpinskyana, Medlicottia kingorum, Medlicottia magnotuberculata, Medlicottia media, Medlicottia milleri, Medlicottia orbignyana, Medlicottia orientalis, Medlicottia postorbignyana, Medlicottia semota, Medlicottia subdorbignyi, Medlicottia tenuis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mule Creek, S of Colorado River, Runnels County, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Choza Formation of Texas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 36.9
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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