Agathiceras iranicum Korn and Ghaderi 2021 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae

Full reference: D. Korn and A. Ghaderi. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Ammonoids from the Carboniferous-Permian boundary of east-central Iran. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 301:335-345

Belongs to Agathiceras according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2021

Sister taxa: Agathiceras (Agathiceras), Agathiceras anceps, Agathiceras applanatum, Agathiceras applini, Agathiceras brouweri, Agathiceras broweri, Agathiceras ciscoense, Agathiceras contractum, Agathiceras divisum, Agathiceras frechi, Agathiceras girtyi, Agathiceras jilinense, Agathiceras mediterraneum, Agathiceras sequaxilirae, Agathiceras suessi, Agathiceras sundaicum, Agathiceras tornatum, Agathiceras uralicum, Agathiceras verkhoyanicum, Agathiceras vulgatum

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.8198, a shell. Its type locality is Kuh-e Bagh-e-Vang (Sardar Fm, Wendt collection), which is in a Gzhelian/Asselian marine shale in the Sardar Formation of Iran.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.0

Distribution:

• Carboniferous to Permian of Iran (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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