Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Koenenitidae
Full reference: M. R. House and W. T. Kirchgasser. 2008. Late Devonian goniatites (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea) from New York State. Bulletins of American Paleontology 374:1-288
Belongs to Koenenites according to M. R. House and W. T. Kirchgasser 2008
Sister taxa: Koenenites baoshanensis, Koenenites cooperi, Koenenites fasciculatus, Koenenites hoeninghausi, Koenenites juvenocostata, Koenenites kirchgasseri, Koenenites lamellosus, Koenenites styliophilus, Koenenites sublamellosus, Koenenites uralensis
Type specimen: NYSM 12150, a shell. Its type locality is Middlesex, loc. II(XX) (Nap-8), which is in a Frasnian marine limestone/shale in the West River Shale Formation of New York.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (9: New York collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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