Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Alternative spelling: Meekoceras (Koninckites)
Synonym: Prejuvenites Waterhouse 1996
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Parent taxon: Paranoritidae according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018
See also Brayard et al. 2009, Diener 1897, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1904, Smith 1932, Spath 1934, Tozer 1981, Tozer 1994 and Ware and Bucher 2018
Sister taxa: Awanites, Koiloceras, Paranorites, Pashtunites, Radioceras, Vavilovites
Subtaxa: Koninckites dimidiatus Koninckites khoorensis Koninckites libyssinus Koninckites lingyunensis Koninckites radiatus Koninckites timorensis Koninckites truncatus Koninckites varaha Koninckites vetustus Meekoceras (Koninckites) tuberculatum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Armenia (2 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (24), Greece (1), India (19), Indonesia (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Pakistan (19), the Russian Federation (17), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 89 collections including 100 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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