Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae
Synonyms: Alloptychites Spath 1951, Smithoceras Diener 1907, Spitisculites Diener 1916 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Isculitidae according to C. Ji and H. Bucher 2018
See also Sepkoski 2002, Shevyrev 1995, Silberling and Nichols 1982, Smith 1927, Spath 1951, Tozer 1981 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Columbisculites, Hypisculties, Phyllosphaerites, Ptychosphaerites
Subtaxa: Isculites asseretoi Isculites constrictus Isculites hauerinus Isculites heimi Isculites meeki Isculites sphaericus Isculites tozeri Smithoceras drummondi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections), India (3), Nepal (2), the Russian Federation (4), Turkey (6), United States (12: Nevada)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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