Foordiceras flemingianum de Koninck 1863

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus flemingianus

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19

Belongs to Foordiceras according to B. Kummel 1953

See also de Koninck 1863, Hyatt 1893 and Waagen 1879

Sister taxa: Foordiceras akiyamai, Foordiceras dolomiticum, Foordiceras goliathum, Foordiceras grypoceroides, Foordiceras mammiferum, Foordiceras ornatissimum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Musakheyl, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Fleming), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 173.0

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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