Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae
Full reference: D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. Taxonomic names, in The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9:3-60
Belongs to Dombarites according to D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen 2006
Sister taxa: Dombarites carinatus, Dombarites clemens, Dombarites falcatoides, Dombarites granofalcatus, Dombarites linteroides, Dombarites liratostriatus, Dombarites liratus, Dombarites parafalcatoides, Dombarites paratectus, Dombarites semiliratus, Dombarites tectus
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.9072.1, a shell. Its type locality is GI-H, Gara el Itima (Kaiser et al. 2004 collection), which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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