Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Full reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1981. Lower Anisian (Aegean) ammonites from Chios Island (Greece). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 87:41-66
Belongs to Megaphyllites according to N. Fantini Sestini 1981
Sister taxa: Megaphyllites applanatus, Megaphyllites compressus, Megaphyllites evolutus, Megaphyllites gebzensis, Megaphyllites humilis, Megaphyllites insectus, Megaphyllites jarbas, Megaphyllites johannisboehmi, Megaphyllites obolus, Megaphyllites oenipontanus, Megaphyllites procerus, Megaphyllites prometheus, Megaphyllites sandalinus, Megaphyllites transiens, Megaphyllites wildhorsensis
Type specimen: Mgb767. Its type locality is Section CM II, 10.5 m, Marathovouno Hill, Chios, which is in an Aegean basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in Greece.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Greece (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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