Margaritropites Diener 1916 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tropitidae

Parent taxon: Tropitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994

See also Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1951 and Tozer 1981

Sister taxa: Acanthotropites, Anatropites, Arctotropites, Arietoceltites, Discotropites, Euisculites, Gymnotropites, Homerites, Homeroceras, Hoplotropites, Indonesites, Jovites, Microtropites, Paratropites, Paulotropites, Platotropites, Pleurotropites, Sibyllites, Tritropidoceras, Tropites

Subtaxa: Margaritropites johnsoni Margaritropites kokeni Margaritropites margaritiformis

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Type: Anatropites margaritiformis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Nepal (1), United States (4: Alaska, California), Vietnam (1)

Total: 8 collections including 12 occurrences

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