Lanceolites compactus Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Lanceolitidae

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 Lanceolites according to A. Brayard et al. 2013

See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Kummel 1969, Kummel and Steele 1962, Nichols and Silberling 1979, Shevyrev 1995 and Spath 1934

Sister taxa: Lanceolites bicarinatus, Lanceolites discoidalis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.3

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (4 collections), Oman (4), the Russian Federation (1), United States (22: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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