Pharciceras fornix Bockwinkel et al. 2013 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Pharciceratidae

Full reference: J. Bockwinkel, R. T. Becker, and V. Ebbighausen. 2013. Late Givetian ammonoids from Hassi Nebech (Tafilalt Basin, Anti-Atlas, southern Morocco). Fossil Record 16:5-65

Belongs to Pharciceras according to J. Bockwinkel et al. 2015

See also Bockwinkel et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Pharciceras amplexum, Pharciceras barnetti, Pharciceras bidentatum, Pharciceras darkaouense, Pharciceras decoratum, Pharciceras evolvens, Pharciceras galeatum, Pharciceras involutum, Pharciceras kayseri, Pharciceras kseirense, Pharciceras lateseptatum, Pharciceras oberbergense, Pharciceras oberscheldense, Pharciceras pargai, Pharciceras subconstans, Pharciceras tridens, Pharciceras triphyllum

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.22110.1, a shell. Its type locality is Hassi Nebech section 2, bed 11e, which is in a Givetian marine shale in Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.5

Distribution:

• Devonian of Morocco (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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