Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Full reference: K. V. Borissenkov. 2020. New data on Cisuralian ammonoids of Pay-Khoy (Russian Arctic) from the family Paragastrioceratidae Ruzhencev, 1951. Paleontological Journal 54:1178-1188
Belongs to Margoceras according to K. V. Borissenkov 2020
Sister taxa: Margoceras kungurense, Margoceras wandageense
Type specimen: TsNIGR 1/13260, a shell. Its type locality is Middle reaches of the Sayakha river, Pay-Khoy (basal Liuryaga Fm), which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Liuryaga Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.8
Distribution: found only at Middle reaches of the Sayakha river, Pay-Khoy (basal Liuryaga Fm)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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