Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
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 Eothinites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Leonova 1992
Sister taxa: Eothinites aktastensis, Eothinites aktubensis, Eothinites cancellatus, Eothinites convexus, Eothinites hessensis, Eothinites kargalensis, Eothinites planulatus, Eothinites pseudomeneghinii, Eothinites schabalkini, Eothinites solitus, Eothinites stenomphalus, Eothinites usvensis
Type specimen: PIN 4240/133. Its type locality is Charymdara River, sample 50/15, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Chelamchin Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.0
Distribution:
• Permian of Tajikistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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