†Megapronorites sakmarensis Ruzhentsev 1949 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Belongs to Megapronorites according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971
Sister taxa: Megapronorites baconi, Megapronorites itimensis
Type specimen: PIN 455/119, a shell. Its type locality is Kuruil-Bukharcha interfluve, northwest of Novosakmarsk, which is in an Arnsbergian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 77.1
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (30 collections), the Russian Federation (10)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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