Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae
Alternative combination: Monophyllites suessi
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322
Belongs to Leiophyllites according to J. Wiedmann 1970
See also Kummel 1969, Spath 1934 and von Mojsisovics 1882
Sister taxa: Leiophyllites admaris, Leiophyllites asseretoi, Leiophyllites confucii, Leiophyllites ellipticus, Leiophyllites foliodenticulatus, Leiophyllites indoaustralicus, Leiophyllites laevis, Leiophyllites maritimus, Leiophyllites marshalli, Leiophyllites middlemissi, Leiophyllites pitamaha, Leiophyllites pradyumna, Leiophyllites pseudopradyumna, Leiophyllites radians, Leiophyllites serpentinus, Leiophyllites taramellii, Leiophyllites timorensis, Leiophyllites variabilis, Leiophyllites visendus, Leiophyllites wakoi
Type specimen: GBA 1698. Its type locality is Schreyeralm (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (9), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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