Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae
Full reference: R. T. Becker. 2002. Alpinites and other Posttornoceratidae (Goniatitida, Famennian). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 5:51-73
Belongs to Alpinites according to R. T. Becker 2002
Sister taxa: Alpinites kajraktensis, Alpinites kayseri, Alpinites zigzag
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.3427, a shell. Its type locality is Mrakib (Reisdorf collection), which is in a Famennian/Famennian marine shale in Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 72.2
Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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