Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Paranannites spathi, Prosphingites spathi
Synonym: Prosphingites kwangsianus Chao 1959
Full reference: H. Frebold. 1930. Die Altersstellung des Fischhorizontes, des Grippianiveaus und des unteren Saurierhorizontes in Spitzbergen. Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 28:1-36
Belongs to Juvenites according to A. Brayard et al. 2013
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Brühwiler et al. 2010, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Brühwiler et al. 2012, Frebold 1930, Spath 1934, Tozer 1961 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Juvenites canadensis, Juvenites dieneri, Juvenites edelsteini, Juvenites kraffti, Juvenites laevis, Juvenites medius, Juvenites multiconstractus, Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites sinuosus, Juvenites tenuicostatus, Juvenites thermarum
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.8
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (3: Nunavut collections), China (7), Norway (5), Oman (9), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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