Pseudosageceras albanicum Arthaber 1908 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae

Alternative combination: Sageceras albanicum

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 Pseudosageceras according to D. Mertmann and V. Jacobshagen 2003

See also Arthaber 1908, Germani 1997, Kummel 1969, Renz and Renz 1948, Spath 1934 and Spath 1935

Sister taxa: Pseudosageceras (Metasageceras), Pseudosageceras augustum, Pseudosageceras boreale, Pseudosageceras grippi, Pseudosageceras multilobatum, Pseudosageceras pasquayi, Pseudosageceras plicatum, Pseudosageceras simplelobatum, Pseudosageceras simplex, Pseudosageceras striatus

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 50.2

Distribution:

• Triassic of Albania (1 collection), Greece (6)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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