†Lytheoceras nitidum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neoglyphioceratidae
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 Lytheoceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971
Sister taxon: Lytheoceras subcrassulum
Type specimen: PIN 455/35639, a shell. Its type locality is Zhaksy-Kargala River, Sample 2, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.2
Distribution: found only at Zhaksy-Kargala River, Sample 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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