Maximites cherokeensis Miller and Owen 1939 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maximitidae

Alternative combination: Imitoceras cherokeense

Full reference: A. K. Miller and J.B. Owen. 1939. An ammonoid fauna from the lower Pennsylvanian Cherokee Formation of Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 13(2):141-162

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

See also Miller and Owen 1939

Sister taxa: Maximites alexanderi, Maximites nassichuki, Maximites oklahomensis

Type specimen: SUI 13484b, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ewing strip pit (Carboniferous of Missouri)

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