Rarecostites kyafarensis Mitta 2017 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Full reference: V. V. Mitta. 2017. On some Rarecostites (Parkinsoniidae, Ammonoidea) from the upper Bajocian Parkinsoni zone of the northern Caucasus. Paleontological Journal 51:464-479

Belongs to Rarecostites according to V. V. Mitta 2017

Sister taxa: Rarecostites interruptus, Rarecostites mutabilis, Rarecostites oglanlense, Rarecostites radiatum, Rarecostites rarecostatum, Rarecostites sherstyukovi

Type specimen: PIN 5546/24, a shell. Its type locality is Kyafar River, locality 3, 2.4 m above base, which is in a Parkinsoni marine shale in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (11 collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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