ammonites
Michelinoceras palatum Shimanskiy 1996 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Full reference: V. N. Shimanskiy. 1996. Permian nonammonoid cephalopods from the Pamirs. Paleontological Journal 30(4):396-400

Belongs to Michelinoceras according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1996

Sister taxa: Michelinoceras avelinii, Michelinoceras campanile, Michelinoceras currens, Michelinoceras floridaense, Michelinoceras guadalupense, Michelinoceras melleni, Michelinoceras michelini, Michelinoceras primum, Michelinoceras richardsi, Michelinoceras vandiverense

Type specimen: PIN 3536/12. Its type locality is Kur-Istyk Valley, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in Tajikistan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore