Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
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 Dzhaprakoceras according to D. Korn et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Dzhaprakoceras amplum, Dzhaprakoceras angustum, Dzhaprakoceras arkansanum, Dzhaprakoceras belcourtense, Dzhaprakoceras catena, Dzhaprakoceras chermnykhi, Dzhaprakoceras crassum, Dzhaprakoceras deflexum, Dzhaprakoceras difficile, Dzhaprakoceras djaprakense, Dzhaprakoceras duponti, Dzhaprakoceras dzhazairense, Dzhaprakoceras flexiforme, Dzhaprakoceras flexum, Dzhaprakoceras glabrum, Dzhaprakoceras gordoni, Dzhaprakoceras gracile, Dzhaprakoceras hibernicum, Dzhaprakoceras hispanicum, Dzhaprakoceras humile, Dzhaprakoceras improcerum, Dzhaprakoceras kokdzharense, Dzhaprakoceras latilobatum, Dzhaprakoceras levis, Dzhaprakoceras narynense, Dzhaprakoceras paracatena, Dzhaprakoceras planum, Dzhaprakoceras procerum, Dzhaprakoceras pseudoparallelum, Dzhaprakoceras punctum, Dzhaprakoceras quantulum, Dzhaprakoceras shabyrense, Dzhaprakoceras sonkulica, Dzhaprakoceras sonkulicum, Dzhaprakoceras subglobosum, Dzhaprakoceras subquadratum, Dzhaprakoceras subtile, Dzhaprakoceras subtruncatum, Dzhaprakoceras tianshanicus, Dzhaprakoceras vergum
Type specimen: Its type locality is S Oued Temertasset, A-320/5, 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 19.5
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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