Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Arctomeekoceras, Bukkenites, Clypeoceras, Clypeoceratoides, Eoptychites, Evenites, Guodunites, Gyrophiceras hubeiense, Gyrophiceras orientale, Heibergites, Hubeitoceras, Jieshaniceras, Koninckitoides, Koninickites, Kummelia, Leyeceras, Monneticeras, Nanningites, Pachyproptychites, Paraspidites, Pleurogyronites, Prionolobus, Proptychites, Proptychitinae, Proptychitoides, Pseudaspidites, Pseudoproptychites, Roopnarinites, Tompoproptychites, Tulongites, Ussuriceras, Wailiceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Dunedinites maduoensis Dunedinites magnumbilicatus Dunedinites pinguis
Type: Dunedinites pinguis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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