Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae
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 Platygoniatites according to D. Korn and M. N. Sudar 2016
See also Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Sister taxa: Platygoniatites molaris, Platygoniatites nudus, Platygoniatites rhanemensis, Platygoniatites superior
Type specimen: PIN 455/8499, a shell. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 10, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 46.1
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (9 collections), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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