†Protactoclymenia giganta Becker and House 2002 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Cyrtoclymeniidae
Full reference: R. T. Becker and M. R. House. 2002. Taxonomic opinions in Famennian ammonoid zones of the eastern Anti-Atlas (southern Morocco). Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Paläontologie 93:185
Belongs to Protactoclymenia according to R. T. Becker and M. R. House 2002
Sister taxa: Protactoclymenia junggarensis, Protactoclymenia parallela
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.3520, a shell. Its type locality is Seheb el Rhassal, orbiculare Bed, which is in a Famennian marine siliciclastic in Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 94.0
Distribution: found only at Seheb el Rhassal, orbiculare Bed
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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