Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Alternative spelling: Halorites (Jovites)
Synonym: Timorotropites Diener 1916
Parent taxon: Tropitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Krystyn 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1927, Spath 1951, Tozer 1981 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Acanthotropites, Anatropites, Arctotropites, Arietoceltites, Discotropites, Euisculites, Gymnotropites, Homerites, Homeroceras, Hoplotropites, Indonesites, Margaritropites, Microtropites, Paratropites, Paulotropites, Platotropites, Pleurotropites, Sibyllites, Tritropidoceras, Tropites
Subtaxa: Jovites borealis Jovites bosnensis Jovites dacus Jovites ellipticus Jovites pacificus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (10: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), India (3), Nepal (2), United States (1: California)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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