Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hemilecanitidae
Alternative combinations: Lecanites discus, Proavites discus
Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1908. Ueber die Entdeckung von Untertrias in Albanien und ihre faunistische Bewertung. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 1:245-289
Belongs to Hemilecanites according to M. Ehiro et al. 2016
See also Arthaber 1908, Guo 1982, Kummel 1969, Renz and Renz 1948 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Hemilecanites fastigatus, Hemilecanites paradiscus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kcira, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Han-Bulog Formation of Albania
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of Albania (1 collection), China (2), Greece (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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