Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
Alternative combinations: Flemingites aplanatus, Meekoceras (Gyronites) aplanatum, Meekoceras aplanatum
Full reference: C. A. White. 1879. Paleontological papers no. 9: fossils of the Jura-Trias of southeastern Idaho. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5:105-117
Belongs to Wyomingites according to M. Đaković et al. 2022
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Brayard et al. 2013, Hyatt 1900, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Kummel 1968, Kummel and Steele 1962, Nichols and Silberling 1979, Popov 1962, Smith 1904, Smith 1932, Spath 1934 and White 1879
Sister taxa: Wyomingites angustatus, Wyomingites arnoldi, Wyomingites scapulatus, Wyomingites whiteanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aspen Range (locality 2), which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), China (4), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), United States (14: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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