ammonites
Aktastioceras mapesi Shimanskiy 1993 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Parabactritidae

Full reference: V. N. Shimanskiy. 1993. Permian bactritoids of the Pamir. Paleontological Journal 27(3):153-160

Belongs to Aktastioceras according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1993

Sister taxa: Aktastioceras kruglovi, Aktastioceras nishikawai

Type specimen: PIN 3536/3. Its type locality is Kosh-Agyl Nature Preserve, Southeastern Pamir, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in the Tashkazyk Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore