Bamyaniceras magnum Leonova 1992 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 1992. Ammonoidea, in Perm' Darvaz-Zaalayskoy zony Pamira: fusulinidy, ammonoidei, stratigrafiya. Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 253:110-167

Belongs to Bamyaniceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Leonova 1992

Sister taxa: Bamyaniceras australe, Bamyaniceras baranovi, Bamyaniceras bornemani, Bamyaniceras bouyxi, Bamyaniceras darwasi, Bamyaniceras knighti, Bamyaniceras kubergandense, Bamyaniceras loeiense, Bamyaniceras multilobatum, Bamyaniceras nandanense, Bamyaniceras obliquinodosum, Bamyaniceras orientale, Bamyaniceras parasimile, Bamyaniceras polae, Bamyaniceras simile, Bamyaniceras simplex, Bamyaniceras spatiosum, Bamyaniceras tersum, Bamyaniceras yangchangense

Type specimen: PIN 4240/43. Its type locality is Vozgina River, sample 59/3, Darvaz Range, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Chelamchin Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 143.7

Distribution:

• Permian of Tajikistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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