Eocanites simplex Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

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 Eocanites according to J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen 2006

Sister taxa: Eocanites dkorni, Eocanites rtbeckeri

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.3841.1, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 9.77

Distribution: found only at Jebel Debouaa, Mfis, Bed 1c, Tafilalt, Anti-Atlas (Carboniferous of Morocco)

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