Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Full reference: C. Klug. 2002. Quantitative stratigraphy and taxonomy of late Emsian and Eifelian ammonoids of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 238:1-109
Belongs to Sellanarcestes according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002
See also Klug 2002
Sister taxa: Sellanarcestes certus, Sellanarcestes cognatus, Sellanarcestes crassior, Sellanarcestes ebbighauseni, Sellanarcestes neglectus, Sellanarcestes perfectus, Sellanarcestes solus, Sellanarcestes tenuior, Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi
Type specimen: GPIT 1871-173, a shell. Its type locality is Emsian at Ouidane Chebbi, N. Tafilalt, which is in an Emsian marine limestone/marl in Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.3
Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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