Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Anthracoceratidae
Full reference: D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. Taxonomic names, in The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9:3-60
Belongs to Sudeticeras according to D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen 2006
Sister taxa: Sudeticeras adeps, Sudeticeras alaskae, Sudeticeras crenistriatum, Sudeticeras delepinei, Sudeticeras grande, Sudeticeras hoeferi, Sudeticeras laevigatum, Sudeticeras newtonense, Sudeticeras occultornatum, Sudeticeras ordinatum, Sudeticeras procerum, Sudeticeras pusillobatum, Sudeticeras regina, Sudeticeras stolbergi, Sudeticeras subtile, Sudeticeras turneri, Sudeticeras varians
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.9050, a shell. Its type locality is GI-A, Gara el Itima (1998 Tubingen collection), which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone/limestone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.6
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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