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 schultzei
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.3430, a shell. Its type locality is Taourart, 11 km south of Fezzou, which is in a Famennian marine horizon in Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.2
Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco (4 collections), Poland (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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