†Pinacites eminens Chlupac and Turek 1977 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Pinacitidae
Belongs to Pinacites according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002
See also Chlupac and Turek 1983, Göddertz 1987 and Klug 2002
Sister taxa: Pinacites irideus, Pinacites jugleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Praha-Hlubocepy (Hanus collection), which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Chotec Formation of the Czech Republic
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 70.3
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (6 collections), the Czech Republic (2), Morocco (4)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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