Tritropidoceras Schenk 1935 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tropitidae

Full reference: E. T. Schenk. 1935. A new ammonite genus from the Upper Triassic of Central Oregon. The American Midland Naturalist 16(3):401-405

Parent taxon: Tropitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1981

See also Schenk 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Spath 1951

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

Subtaxa: Tritropidoceras packardi

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Type: Tritropidoceras packardi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tritropidoceras packardi type locality (Triassic of Oregon)

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