Esfahanites Korn & Hairapetian, 2021

Korn, Dieter, Hairapetian, Vachik, Ghaderi, Abbas, Leda, Lucyna, Schobben, Martin & Akbari, Amir, 2021, The Changhsingian (Late Permian) ammonoids from Baghuk Mountain (Central Iran), European Journal of Taxonomy 776, pp. 1-106 : 67

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.776.1559
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:226B6C59-8620-4A29-9BEF-359BE67A1A2C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5608715
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/61EDFE2C-1650-4303-BDC4-3E9F0434CDB8
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:61EDFE2C-1650-4303-BDC4-3E9F0434CDB8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Esfahanites Korn & Hairapetian
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Esfahanites Korn & Hairapetian gen. nov.

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Type species

Esfahanites armatus Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov., Baghuk Mountain.

Diagnosis

Representative of the family Dzhulfitidae with large conch; maximum adult diameters about 120 mm. Adult stage with trapezoidal whorl profile. Subadult stage with conical ventrolateral nodes, adult stage with weak ribs. Suture line with very small external lobe reaching only half the depth of adventive lobe.

Etymology

Named after the city of Esfahan.

Included species

Esfahanites armatus Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.

Remarks

Esfahanites gen. nov. differs from Paratirolites and related genera in the very small external lobe.