Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites cala, Lytoceras (Tetragonites) cala
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Saghalinites according to W. J. Kennedy and M. Bilotte 1995
See also Anderson 1902, Forbes 1846, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy and Henderson 1992, Klinger 1985 and Spath 1953
Sister taxa: Saghalinites nuperus, Saghalinites teshioensis, Saghalinites wrighti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.3
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Austria (1), India (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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