Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Alternative spelling: Meekoceras (Kingites)
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Parent taxon: Gyronitidae according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012
See also Diener 1897, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Abrekites, Ambites, Catalecanites, Gyronites, Gyrophiceras, Kymatites, Lingyunites, Meekophiceras, Mudiceras, Parakymatites, Subradioceras
Subtaxa: Kingites davidsonianus Kingites discoidalis Kingites korni Kingites korostelevi Kingites minutus Kingites thulensis Kingites vidarbha
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (5), India (13), Pakistan (10), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 38 collections including 41 occurrences
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