Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tropitidae
Alternative spelling: Paratropites (Gymnotropites)
Parent taxon: Tropitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1927, Spath 1951 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Acanthotropites, Anatropites, Arctotropites, Arietoceltites, Discotropites, Euisculites, Homerites, Homeroceras, Hoplotropites, Indonesites, Jovites, Margaritropites, Microtropites, Paratropites, Paulotropites, Platotropites, Pleurotropites, Sibyllites, Tritropidoceras, Tropites
Subtaxa: Gymnotropites americanus Paratropites (Gymnotropites) californicus Paratropites (Gymnotropites) laevis Paratropites (Gymnotropites) rotundus
Type: Paratropites (Gymnotropites) americanus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (7: British Columbia collections), United States (2: California)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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