Discotropites Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Synonym: Pleuropinacoceras Wang and He 1976

Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394

Parent taxon: Tropitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994

See also Krystyn 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1927, Spath 1951 and Tozer 1981

Sister taxa: Acanthotropites, Anatropites, Arctotropites, Arietoceltites, Euisculites, Gymnotropites, Homerites, Homeroceras, Hoplotropites, Indonesites, Jovites, Margaritropites, Microtropites, Paratropites, Paulotropites, Platotropites, Pleurotropites, Sibyllites, Tritropidoceras, Tropites

Subtaxa: Discotropites davisi Discotropites formosus Discotropites laurae Discotropites lineatus Discotropites mojsvarensis Discotropites plinii Discotropites sandlingensis Discotropites sengeli Discotropites smithi Discotropites theron

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Type: Ammonites sandlingensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (34: British Columbia collections), China (3), Hungary (1), India (1), Italy (1), Laos (1), Nepal (1), Slovenia (2), United States (15: Alaska, California, Oregon), Vietnam (2)

Total: 61 collections including 73 occurrences

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