Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Full reference: D. Korn and C. Klug. 2023. Early Carboniferous coiled nautiloids from the Anti-Atlas (Morocco). European Journal of Taxonomy 885:156-194
Belongs to Liroceras according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2023
Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras liratum, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras missouriensis, Liroceras molengraafi, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonensis, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras vermis, Liroceras volgense, Liroceras waterloti
Type specimen: PIMUZ 39515, a shell. Its type locality is East and south-east of Rissani, which is in an Asbian marine horizon in the Mougoui Ayoun Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.9
Distribution: found only at East and south-east of Rissani
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