Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1934. Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, The Ammonoidea of the Trias. 1-521
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012
See also Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Arctomeekoceras, Bukkenites, Clypeoceras, Clypeoceratoides, Dunedinites, Eoptychites, Evenites, Guodunites, Gyrophiceras hubeiense, Gyrophiceras orientale, Heibergites, Hubeitoceras, Jieshaniceras, Koninckitoides, Koninickites, Kummelia, Leyeceras, Monneticeras, Nanningites, Pachyproptychites, Pleurogyronites, Prionolobus, Proptychites, Proptychitinae, Proptychitoides, Pseudaspidites, Pseudoproptychites, Roopnarinites, Tompoproptychites, Tulongites, Ussuriceras, Wailiceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Paraspidites bicarinatus Paraspidites obesus Paraspidites praecursor
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Pakistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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