Taimyrosphinctes (Taimyrosphinctes) evolutus Mesezhnikov 1984 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Full reference: M. S. Mesezhnikov. 1984. Kimeridzhskiy i Volzhskiy Yarusy Severa SSSR 1-224

Belongs to Taimyrosphinctes (Taimyrosphinctes) according to M. S. Mesezhnikov 1984

Sister taxa: Taimyrosphinctes (Taimyrosphinctes) excentricum, Taimyrosphinctes (Taimyrosphinctes) nudus, Taimyrosphinctes (Taimyrosphinctes) pachycostatus, Taimyrosphinctes (Taimyrosphinctes) pavloviformis

Type specimen: VNIGRI 2200/688, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 127.0

Distribution: found only at Dyabakatara River, bed 22, Taimyr Peninsula (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

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