Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
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 Cardiella according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Leonova 1992
Sister taxa: Cardiella busterensis, Cardiella ganti, Cardiella gracia, Cardiella kussica, Cardiella martodjojoi, Cardiella pamirica, Cardiella parva, Cardiella romanowskyi, Cardiella ruzhencevi, Cardiella shyndensis, Cardiella suevi, Cardiella sulcata, Cardiella vetusta, Aksuites permicus
Type specimen: PIN 4240/68. Its type locality is Charymdara River, sample D51a-17, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Khoridzhskaya Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.0
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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