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 D. Korn and M. N. Sudar 2016
See also Kuzina and Yatskov 1990 and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Sister taxa: Lyrogoniatites eisenbergensis, Lyrogoniatites georgiensis, Lyrogoniatites mediator, Lyrogoniatites mutabilis
Type specimen: PIN 455/32022, a shell. Its type locality is Zhaksy-Kargala River, Sample 1, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.6
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (5 collections), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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