Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Alternative combinations: Cardiella electraensis, Marathonites electraensis
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Belongs to Almites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Bogoslovskaya 1990 and Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Almites dmitrievi, Almites gracilis, Almites hayasakai, Almites invariabilis, Almites leveni, Almites multisulcatus, Almites pavlovi, Almites pressulus, Almites reverendus, Almites sellardsi, Almites transitorius, Almites ventrosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Four miles south of Electra, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Valera Shale Formation of Texas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.2
Distribution: found only at Four miles south of Electra
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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