Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae
Full reference: D. M. Work and C. E. Mason. 2005. Mississippian (Early Osagean) Cave Run Lake ammonoid fauna, Borden Formation, northeastern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):719-725
Belongs to Kazakhstania according to D. M. Work and C. E. Mason 2005
Sister taxa: Kazakhstania colubrella, Kazakhstania evoluta, Kazakhstania nitida
Type specimen: SUI 97546, a shell. Its type locality is Milepost 135 section, near Morehead, which is in an Ivorian offshore mudstone/shale in the Borden Formation of Kentucky.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 14.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Kentucky collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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