Maximites alexanderi Nassichuk 1975 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maximitidae

Full reference: W. W. Nassichuk. 1975. Carboniferous ammonoids and stratigraphy in the Canadian Arctic archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 237:1-240

Belongs to Maximites according to T. J. Frest et al. 1981

See also Nassichuk 1975

Sister taxa: Maximites cherokeensis, Maximites nassichuki, Maximites oklahomensis

Type specimen: GSC 33677, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at GSC 56430, Stepanow Creek, Hare Fiord, Ellesmere Island (Carboniferous of Nunavut)

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