Merocanites quadrilobus Riley 1996 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Full reference: N. J. Riley. 1996. Mid-Dinantian ammonoids from the Craven Basin, northwest England. Special papers in Palaeontology 53:1-87

Belongs to Merocanites according to V. Ebbighausen et al. 2010

See also Riley 1996

Sister taxa: Merocanites applanatus, Merocanites compressus, Merocanites djaprakensis, Merocanites drostei, Merocanites henslowi, Merocanites houghtoni, Merocanites merocanites, Merocanites ogivalis, Merocanites planorbis, Merocanites rileyi, Merocanites similis, Merocanites subapplanatus, Merocanites tenuis

Type specimen: Ro 5173, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bellman Quarry, south side, temporary exposure (1979) in a sewer trench (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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