Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Full reference: I. Chlupac and V. Turek. 1983. Devonian goniatites from the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia. Rozpravy Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 46:1-159
Belongs to Paranarcestes according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002
See also Chlupac and Turek 1983
Sister taxa: Paranarcestes chalix, Paranarcestes hollardi
Type specimen: CM L19441, a shell. Its type locality is North of Husak quarry, Koneprusy, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Suchomasty Formation of the Czech Republic.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.3
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Morocco (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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