Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Alternative combinations: Sinoceltites minutus, Tapashanites minutus
Full reference: Y. D. Zakharov. 1983. Ammonoidea. Evolution of the latest Permian biota: Dzhulfian and Dorashamian regional stages in the USSR 1-200
Belongs to Arasella according to D. Korn and V. Hairapetian 2021
See also Korn 2014, Korn and Ghaderi 2016, Leonova 2002 and Zakharov 1983
Sister taxon: Arasella falcata
Type specimen: BPI 4/813. Its type locality is Akhura, Bed 12, which is in a Changhsingian offshore limestone in the Akhura Formation of Azerbaijan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.6
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (2 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Iran (8)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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