Lyrogoniatites mutabilis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cravenoceratidae

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 Lyrogoniatites according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971

Sister taxa: Lyrogoniatites eisenbergensis, Lyrogoniatites georgiensis, Lyrogoniatites mediator, Lyrogoniatites tener

Type specimen: PIN 455/31881, a shell. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 18, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.2

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (13 collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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