Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Full reference: D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel, and V. Ebbighausen. 2010. The ammonoids from the Argiles de Teguentour of Oued Temertasset (early Late Tournaisian; Mouydir, Algeria). Fossil Record 13(1):35-152
Belongs to Pericyclus according to D. Korn et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Pericyclus (Goniocyclus), Pericyclus intercisus, Pericyclus mercatorius, Pericyclus princeps, Pericyclus tortuosus, Pericyclus trochus
Type specimen: Its type locality is S Oued Temertasset, MOU-D1, which is in a Tournaisian marine claystone/limestone in the Argiles de Teguentour Formation of Algeria
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.5
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (15 collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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