Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Parent taxon: Prionitidae according to A. Brayard et al. 2013
See also Diener 1897, Kittl 1903, Nakazawa and Bando 1968, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934, Tozer 1994 and von Mojsisovics 1882
Sister taxa: Anasibirites, Anaswasatchites, Arctoprionites, Gurleyites, Hemiprionites, Lucasites, Prionites, Punjabites, Radioprionites, Wasatchites
Subtaxa: Meekoceras bittneri Meekoceras bonnevillense Meekoceras boreale Meekoceras cadoricum Meekoceras caprilense Meekoceras caucasium Meekoceras corvarense Meekoceras cristatum Meekoceras darvazicum Meekoceras davisi Meekoceras dubium Meekoceras fulguratum Meekoceras gracilitatis Meekoceras haydeni Meekoceras infrequens Meekoceras japonicum Meekoceras kraffti Meekoceras luchnikovi Meekoceras malayicum Meekoceras marginale Meekoceras millardense Meekoceras mushbachanum Meekoceras nakazawai Meekoceras olivieri Meekoceras orientale Meekoceras pusillum Meekoceras rota Meekoceras solitarium Meekoceras tardum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (3 collections), Albania (1), Canada (9: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (19), East Timor (1), Greece (1), India (6), Indonesia (5), Iran (1), Italy (7), Japan (3), Madagascar (1), Nepal (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (17), the Russian Federation (34), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (4), United States (40: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
Total: 155 collections including 200 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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