Sicanites evolutus Leonova 1985 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Belongs to Sicanites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Leonova 1989

Sister taxa: Sicanites bactrianus, Sicanites croaticus, Sicanites notabilis, Sicanites schopeni

Type specimen: PIN 3591/239, a shell. Its type locality is Shindy River, bed 4, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.0

Distribution: found only at Shindy River, bed 4, Pamir Mountains

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