Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Alternative combinations: Marathonites sulcatus, Stacheoceras (Marathonites) sulcatus
Full reference: E. Böse. 1919. The Permo-Carboniferous ammonoids of the Glass Mountains, west Texas, and their stratigraphic significance. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 1762:1-241
Belongs to Cardiella according to M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1990
See also Böse 1919 and Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Cardiella busterensis, Cardiella ganti, Cardiella gracia, Cardiella kussica, Cardiella martodjojoi, Cardiella multicostata, Cardiella pamirica, Cardiella parva, Cardiella romanowskyi, Cardiella ruzhencevi, Cardiella shyndensis, Cardiella suevi, Cardiella vetusta, Aksuites permicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wolf Camp, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Gaptank Formation of Texas
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.1
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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