Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Synonyms: Rhiphaeites Ruzhentsev 1933, Riphaeites Ruzhentsev 1933
Parent taxon: Eothinitinae according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002, Ruzhentsev 1956, Sepkoski 2002 and Tumanskaya 1939
Sister taxa: Epiglyphioceras, Glenisterites
Subtaxa: Eothinites aktastensis Eothinites aktubensis Eothinites cancellatus Eothinites convexus Eothinites evolutus Eothinites hessensis Eothinites kargalensis Eothinites planulatus Eothinites pseudomeneghinii Eothinites schabalkini Eothinites solitus Eothinites stenomphalus Eothinites usvensis
Type: Eothinites kargalensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (5 collections), Indonesia (2), Kazakhstan (9), the Russian Federation (5), Tajikistan (29), United States (4: Texas)
Total: 54 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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