Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative combination: Aspidites hooveri
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Guodunites according to A. Brayard et al. 2013
See also Brayard et al. 2009 and Hyatt and Smith 1905
Sister taxon: Guodunites monneti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range, which is in a Smithian slope limestone in the Union Wash Formation of California
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.2
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (14: California, Utah collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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