Phyllosphaerites obscurus Shevyrev 1995 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae

Full reference: A. A. Shevyrev. 1995. Triassic ammonoids of the northwest Caucasus. Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 264:1-174

Belongs to Phyllosphaerites according to A. A. Shevyrev 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 1477/624. Its type locality is Tkhach River, near bridge, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.4

Distribution: found only at Tkhach River, near bridge, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds

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