ammonites
Epadrianites kotljarae Zakharov 1983 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Alternative combination: Basleoceras kotljarae

Full reference: Y. D. Zakharov. 1983. Ammonoidea. Evolution of the latest Permian biota: Dzhulfian and Dorashamian regional stages in the USSR 1-200

Belongs to Epadrianites according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Epadrianites beyrichi, Epadrianites haueri, Epadrianites stenosellatus, Epadrianites timorensis

Type specimen: BPI 3/813. Its type locality is Dorasham II-1, Bed 6, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Akhura Formation of Azerbaijan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 20.0, shell diameter 23.8