Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Alternative spelling: Jovites (Bacchites)
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Parent taxon: Juvavitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1927 and Spath 1951
Sister taxa: Dimorphites, Discomalayites, Dryojuvavites, Epijuvavites, Goniojuvavites, Gonionotites, Griesbachites, Guembelites, Indojuvavites, Juvavites, Malayites, Margarijuvavites, Omojuvavites, Projuvavites, Pseudocardioceras
Subtaxa: Bacchites bacchus Bacchites hyatti Jovites (Bacchites) pinguis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (8: British Columbia collections), China (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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