Dunbarites wewokensis Work and Mapes 2009 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Full reference: D. M. Work and R. H. Mapes. 2009. New occurrences of the Pennsylvanian index ammonoid Dunbarites from the North American Midcontinent. Journal of Paleontology 83:405-413

Belongs to Dunbarites according to D. M. Work and R. H. Mapes 2009

Sister taxa: Dunbarites boardmani, Dunbarites rectilateralis

Type specimen: SUI 48683, a shell. Its type locality is Highway 75 roadcut (OKD-17), which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 8.13

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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