Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae

Full reference: D. Korn, C. Klug, and R. Mapes. 1999. Viséan and Early Namurian Ammonoids from the Tafilalt (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 54:345-375

Belongs to Maxigoniatites according to D. Korn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Maxigoniatites araneus, Maxigoniatites globostriatus, Maxigoniatites mempeli, Maxigoniatites saourensis

Type specimen: GPIT 1851-27, a shell. Its type locality is 12 km southeast of Dar Kaoua Oasis, which is in an Asbian marine horizon in Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.2

Distribution: found only at 12 km southeast of Dar Kaoua Oasis

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.