Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae
Full reference: J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. A new ammonoid fauna from the Gattendorfia-Eocanites Genozone of the Anti-Atlas (Early Carboniferous; Morocco). Fossil Record 9(1):87-129
Belongs to Weyerella according to J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen 2006
Sister taxa: Weyerella angularia, Weyerella concava, Weyerella discoides, Weyerella mimica, Weyerella molaris, Weyerella parapplanata, Weyerella popanoides, Weyerella protecta, Weyerella reticulum
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.3838.1, a shell. Its type locality is Jebel Debouaa, Mfis, Bed 9, Tafilalt, Anti-Atlas, which is in a Tournaisian coastal shale in Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 7.71
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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