Paradimorphoceras orientale Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae

Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya. 1971. Namurskiy etap v evolyutsii ammonoidey. Rannenamyurskie ammonoidei. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 133:1-382

Belongs to Paradimorphoceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971

Sister taxa: Paradimorphoceras complex, Paradimorphoceras denticulatum, Paradimorphoceras looneyi, Paradimorphoceras moorei, Paradimorphoceras ribblense, Paradimorphoceras saharicum, Paradimorphoceras saleswheelense, Paradimorphoceras splendidum, Paradimorphoceras strictum, Paradimorphoceras varians, Paradimorphoceras wiswellense

Type specimen: PIN 455/6803, a shell. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 7, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.9

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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