Hemiliroceras artum Shchedukhin and Leonova 2020 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Full reference: A. Y. Shchedukhin and T. B. Leonova. 2020. Late Artinskian nautiloids of the Shakh-Tau Reef (Bashkortostan). Paleontological Journal 54:1135-1151

Belongs to Hemiliroceras according to A. Y. Shchedukhin and T. B. Leonova 2020

Sister taxa: Hemiliroceras enucleatum, Hemiliroceras esaulovae, Hemiliroceras inflatum, Hemiliroceras urtasimense, Hemiliroceras zhiltauense

Type specimen: PIN 5668/35, a shell. Its type locality is Shakh-Tau Shikhan (Upper Artinskian), which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.1

Distribution: found only at Shakh-Tau Shikhan (Upper Artinskian)

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