Koninckites Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

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

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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

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