†Posttornoceras balvei Wedekind 1910 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae

Belongs to Posttornoceras according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002

See also Korn 1999

Sister taxa: Posttornoceras contiguum, Posttornoceras fallax, Posttornoceras glenisteri, Posttornoceras posthumum, Posttornoceras sodalis

Type specimen: GOT 386-36, a shell. Its type locality is Beul near Balve, which is in a Famennian marine limestone in Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.8

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), Morocco (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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