Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Full reference: N. V. Besnosov. 1993. Taxonomic names. Pozdnebayosskie i Batskie Ammonitidy Severnogo Kavkaza i Sredney Azii 1-347
Belongs to Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) according to N. V. Besnosov 1993
Sister taxa: Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) chaudonensis, Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) coronarius, Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) festonensis, Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) hodicus, Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) leptus, Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) pygmaeum
Type specimen: VNIGRI 115/2721. Its type locality is Chaloi Well, Bolshoi Balkhan (lower Chaloi Fm), which is in a Subfurcatum marine horizon in the Chaloi Formation of Turkmenistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chaloi Well, Bolshoi Balkhan (lower Chaloi Fm)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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