Afrolobites mrakibensis Becker and Bockwinkel 2002 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prolobitidae

Full reference: R. T. Becker and J. Bockwinkel. 2002. Taxonomic opinions in Famennian ammonoid zones of the eastern Anti-Atlas (southern Morocco). Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Paläontologie 93:180-181

Belongs to Afrolobites according to R. T. Becker and J. Bockwinkel 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.3510, a shell. Its type locality is bed H2, UD III-C1, Mrakib, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 9.00

Distribution: found only at bed H2, UD III-C1, Mrakib

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