Boesites (Eoboesites) asianus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya. 1978. Namyurskii etap v evolyutsii ammonoidyey - Namurian stage, evolution of ammonoids. Trudyi paleontologicheskovo instituta 167:1-338

Belongs to Boesites (Eoboesites) according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1978

Sister taxon: Boesites (Eoboesites) scotti

Type specimen: PIN 2195/1, a shell. Its type locality is Aravan River, SW of Yangi-Kurgan, NE of Koksarau Mt., Sample 3, Fergana, which is in a Yeadonian offshore shelf limestone in Uzbekistan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.6

Distribution: found only at Aravan River, SW of Yangi-Kurgan, NE of Koksarau Mt., Sample 3, Fergana

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.