Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: A. Brayard and H. Bucher. 2008. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology. Fossils and Strata 55:1-179
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to A. Brayard et al. 2013
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008
Sister taxa: Arctomeekoceras, Bukkenites, Clypeoceras, Clypeoceratoides, Dunedinites, Eoptychites, Evenites, Guodunites, Gyrophiceras hubeiense, Gyrophiceras orientale, Heibergites, Hubeitoceras, Jieshaniceras, Koninckitoides, Koninickites, Kummelia, Leyeceras, Monneticeras, Nanningites, Pachyproptychites, Paraspidites, Pleurogyronites, Prionolobus, Proptychites, Proptychitinae, Proptychitoides, Pseudaspidites, Pseudoproptychites, Roopnarinites, Tompoproptychites, Tulongites, Ussuriceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Wailiceras aemulus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (7 collections), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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