Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthophiceras gibbosum, Trachyceras gibbosum
Full reference: C. L. Griesbach. 1880. Palaeontological notes on the Lower Trias of the Himalayas. Records of the Geological Survey of India 13:94-113
Belongs to Ophiceras according to X. Dai et al. 2023
See also Dai et al. 2019, Diener 1897, Spath 1934, Tozer 1981, Wang and Chen 1979 and Welter 1922
Sister taxa: Ophiceras bilotense, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras connectens, Ophiceras crassecostatum, Ophiceras dharma, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras stricturatum, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) subgibbosum, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) poulseni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shalshal Cliff, Bed 2, Rimkin Paiar, which is in a Griesbachian offshore limestone in India
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.5
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), Greenland (1), India (3), Indonesia (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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