Protoxyclymenia wendti Korn 1999 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Kosmoclymeniidae

Full reference: D. Korn. 1999. Famennian ammonoid stratigraphy of the Ma'der and Tafilalt (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 54:147-179

Belongs to Protoxyclymenia according to D. Korn 1999

Sister taxa: Protoxyclymenia dunkeri, Protoxyclymenia tenuissima

Type specimen: GPIT 1850-38, a shell. Its type locality is Madène el Mrakib, sample K, which is in a Famennian marine claystone in Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.4

Distribution: found only at Madène el Mrakib, sample K

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