Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae
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 Glyphiolobus according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1978
Sister taxa: Glyphiolobus ardmorensis, Glyphiolobus discrepans, Glyphiolobus edwini, Glyphiolobus humphreyi, Glyphiolobus kenyoni, Glyphiolobus latisellatus, Glyphiolobus lepidus, Glyphiolobus lunula, Glyphiolobus marioni, Glyphiolobus plicatilis, Glyphiolobus pseudodiscrepans, Glyphiolobus reliquus
Type specimen: PIN 455/6727, a shell. Its type locality is Sholak-Say Canyon, Sample 4, Southern Urals, Aktyubin Region, which is in a Chokierian offshore shelf carbonate in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.7
Distribution:
• Chokierian of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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