Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Alternative spelling: Monophyllites (Ussurites)
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Ussuritidae according to A. Brayard et al. 2009
See also Kummel 1969, McLearn 1969, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934, Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Arctophyllites, Coscaites, Eopsiloceras, Metatirolites, Metussuria, Mojsvarites, Monophyllites, Monophyllitinae, Oxyussuria, Popovites, Spinoleiophyllites, Ussuritinae, Vickohlerites, Wopfingites
Subtaxa: Ussurites arthaberi Ussurites cameroni Ussurites detwilleri Ussurites hara Ussurites hosei Ussurites kingi Ussurites mansfeldi Ussurites mansfieldi Ussurites muskwa Ussurites sichoticus Ussurites sieveri Ussurites sokolovi Ussurites submansfeldi Ussurites xinghaiensis Ussurites yabei
Type: Monophyllites sichoticus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Canada (14: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (5), Greece (1), India (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (31: Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
Total: 67 collections including 72 occurrences
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