Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Full reference: D. Korn. 2025. A new Late Viséan ammonoid assemblage from the Anti-Atlas (Early Carboniferous, Morocco). European Journal of Taxonomy 987:249-263
Belongs to Merocanites according to D. Korn 2025
Sister taxa: Merocanites applanatus, Merocanites compressus, Merocanites djaprakensis, Merocanites drostei, Merocanites henslowi, Merocanites houghtoni, Merocanites merocanites, Merocanites ogivalis, Merocanites planorbis, Merocanites quadrilobus, Merocanites rileyi, Merocanites similis, Merocanites subapplanatus, Merocanites tenuis
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.32199.1, a shell. Its type locality is Near GI-J, Gara el Itima, which is in an Asbian marine siliciclastic in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Near GI-J, Gara el Itima
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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