Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
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 Baschkirites according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1978
Sister taxa: Baschkirites discoidalis, Baschkirites dostalakus, Baschkirites granosus, Baschkirites vasilkovskyi
Type specimen: PIN 455/5871, a shell. Its type locality is Verkhnyaya Kayrakla region, Southern Urals, Orenburg, which is in a Kinderscoutian offshore shelf limestone in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.2
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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