Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Sobolewiidae
Full reference: B. Göddertz. 1987. Devonische Goniatiten aus SW-Algerien und ihre stratigraphische Einordnung in die Conodonten-Abfolge. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 197:127-220
Belongs to Subanarcestes according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002
See also Göddertz 1987 and Klug 2002
Sister taxa: Subanarcestes aristanensis, Subanarcestes bisulcatus, Subanarcestes coronatus, Subanarcestes erfoudensis, Subanarcestes jahni, Subanarcestes macrocephalus, Subanarcestes sphaeroides
Type specimen: GPIBo/Go 89, a shell. Its type locality is Fs.-Nr. D beds, Marhouma-KM 30 section, SW Algeria, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in Algeria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 69.6
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (5 collections), Morocco (10)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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