Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Full reference: V. Ebbighausen, D. Korn, and J. Bockwinkel. 2010. The ammonoids from the Dalle à Merocanites of Timimoun (Late Tournaisian-Early Viséan; Gourara, Algeria). Fossil Record 13:153-202
Belongs to Ammonellipsites according to V. Ebbighausen et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ammonellipsites asiaticus, Ammonellipsites clitheroensis, Ammonellipsites conradae, Ammonellipsites djaprakensis, Ammonellipsites doohylensis, Ammonellipsites funatus, Ammonellipsites grandicostatus, Ammonellipsites hauchecornei, Ammonellipsites kayseri, Ammonellipsites kochi, Ammonellipsites menchikoffi, Ammonellipsites multicostatus, Ammonellipsites nikitini, Ammonellipsites princeps, Ammonellipsites serus, Ammonellipsites sguilmensis, Ammonellipsites subglaber
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.18604.1, a shell. Its type locality is TIM-C7, Sebkha de Timimoun, which is in a Chadian carbonate limestone in the Argiles de Timimoun Inférieur Formation of Algeria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 20.6
Distribution: found only at TIM-C7, Sebkha de Timimoun
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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