Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Full reference: I. Chlupac and V. Turek. 1983. Devonian goniatites from the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia. Rozpravy Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 46:1-159
Belongs to Sellanarcestes according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002
See also Chlupac and Turek 1983 and Göddertz 1987
Sister taxa: Sellanarcestes cognatus, Sellanarcestes crassior, Sellanarcestes ebbighauseni, Sellanarcestes eos, Sellanarcestes neglectus, Sellanarcestes perfectus, Sellanarcestes solus, Sellanarcestes tenuior, Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi
Type specimen: CM L17787, a shell. Its type locality is Praha-Hlubocepy (upper Trebotov limestone, Dalejan), which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Trebotov Formation of the Czech Republic.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 46.5
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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