Zelandites varuna Forbes 1846

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites varuna, Zealandites varuna

Synonym: Zelandites varuna japonica Matsumoto 1938

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 Zelandites according to Y. Shigeta and H. Maeda 2023

See also Forbes 1846, Kennedy and Henderson 1992, Macellari 1986, Macellari 1988, Morozumi 1985, Salazar et al. 2010 and Shigeta et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Zelandites dozei, Zelandites europae, Zelandites inflatus, Zelandites kaiparaensis, Zelandites odiensis, Zelandites perezi

Type specimens:

  • Zelandites varuna: BMNH C51059, a shell. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.
  • Zelandites varuna japonica:

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.3

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections), Chile (5), India (1), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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