Proptychites trilobatus Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Proptychites according to W. Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Proptychites aberrans, Proptychites ammonoides, Proptychites anomalus, Proptychites candidus, Proptychites discoides, Proptychites grandis, Proptychites intermedius, Proptychites kummeli, Proptychites latifimbriatus, Proptychites lawrencianus, Proptychites magnumbilicatus, Proptychites markhami, Proptychites mulleri, Proptychites newelli, Proptychites oldhamianus, Proptychites pagei, Proptychites plicatus, Proptychites rosenkrantzi, Proptychites scheibleri, Proptychites simplex, Proptychites subdiscoides, Proptychites subgrandis, Proptychites wargalensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chitta-Wan near Ghari, upper Ceratite Marls, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate marl in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 74.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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