Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Alternative spelling: Tropites (Anatropites)
Parent taxon: Tropitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1927, Spath 1951 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Acanthotropites, Arctotropites, Arietoceltites, Discotropites, Euisculites, Gymnotropites, Homerites, Homeroceras, Hoplotropites, Indonesites, Jovites, Margaritropites, Microtropites, Paratropites, Paulotropites, Platotropites, Pleurotropites, Sibyllites, Tritropidoceras, Tropites
Subtaxa: Anatropites ausoniformis Anatropites cascadensis Anatropites cupressus Anatropites hauchecornei Anatropites maclearni Anatropites pardoneti Anatropites silberlingi Anatropites spinosus Anatropites sulfurensis
Type: Tropites (Anatropites) spinosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Kaihikuan of United States (4: Nevada collections)
• Triassic of Canada (10: British Columbia), Indonesia (1), Nepal (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: California, Oregon)
Total: 19 collections including 24 occurrences
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