Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Galfettitidae
Full reference: T. Brühwiler, H. Bucher, and N. Goudemand. 2010. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from Tulong, south Tibet. Geobios 43:403-431
Belongs to Urdyceras according to Y. Shigeta and H. D. Nguyen 2014
See also Brühwiler et al. 2010 and Brühwiler et al. 2012
Sister taxon: Urdyceras insolitus
Type specimen: PIMUZ 27644. Its type locality is Tulong TuB5, which is in a Smithian deep subtidal lime mudstone in the Tulong Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections), India (7), Vietnam (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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