Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites muensteri, Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) muensteri
Synonyms: Goniatites bidens Sandberger and Sandberger 1850, Goniatites bilanceolatus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850, Goniatites orbicularis Muenster 1832, Sporadoceras orbiculare Muenster 1832
Belongs to Sporadoceras according to D. Korn et al. 2015
See also Korn 1999, Petersen 1975, Woroncowa-Marcinowska 2006 and Zong et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras), Sporadoceras conforme, Sporadoceras equalis, Sporadoceras globulosum, Sporadoceras impressum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.0
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (12 collections), China (3), Kazakhstan (5), Morocco (12), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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