Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
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 Epicanites according to D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen 2006
Sister taxa: Epicanites culmiensis, Epicanites dangeardi, Epicanites discoidalis, Epicanites divergens, Epicanites praecursor, Epicanites saharensis, Epicanites sandbergeri
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.9075.1, a shell. Its type locality is GI-B, Gara el Itima, 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 48.7
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Morocco (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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