Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Full reference: A. A. Shevyrev. 1995. Triassic ammonoids of the northwest Caucasus. Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 264:1-174
Belongs to Proarcestes according to A. A. Shevyrev 1995
Sister taxa: Arcestes (Proarcestes) carpenteri, Arcestes (Proarcestes) pacificus, Arcestes (Proarcestes) shastensis, Arcestes (Proarcestes) traski, Arcestes (Proarcestes) whitneyi, Arcestes (Proarcestes) winnemae, Proarcestes ausseeanus, Proarcestes balfouri, Proarcestes barrandei, Proarcestes bicarinatus, Proarcestes boeckhi, Proarcestes bramantei, Proarcestes danai, Proarcestes dittmari, Proarcestes escheri, Proarcestes esinensis, Proarcestes gabbi, Proarcestes gaytani, Proarcestes marcheanus, Proarcestes marcoui, Proarcestes moeschi, Proarcestes mojsisovicsi, Proarcestes nevadanus, Proarcestes pannonicus, Proarcestes reyeri, Proarcestes subtridentinus, Proarcestes wittenburgi
Type specimen: PIN 1477/628. Its type locality is Tkhach River, Proarcestes-Phloioceras beds, which is in a Julian marine carbonate in the Babuk Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 76.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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