Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Synonym: Margarites Mojsisovics 1893 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Tropitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1951 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Acanthotropites, Anatropites, Arctotropites, Arietoceltites, Discotropites, Euisculites, Gymnotropites, Homerites, Homeroceras, Indonesites, Jovites, Margaritropites, Microtropites, Paratropites, Paulotropites, Platotropites, Pleurotropites, Sibyllites, Tritropidoceras, Tropites
Subtaxa: Hoplotropites auctus Hoplotropites circumspinatus Hoplotropites globosus Hoplotropites intermedius Hoplotropites jokelyi Hoplotropites ladislai Hoplotropites marii Margarites moffiti Margarites senilis Margarites septentrionalis
Type: Ammonites jokelyi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (10: British Columbia collections), Nepal (2), United States (3: Alaska, California)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences
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