Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
Full reference: T. Brühwiler, H. Bucher, and N. Goudemand. 2010. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from Tulong, south Tibet. Geobios 43:403-431
Belongs to Brayardites according to X. Dai et al. 2023
See also Brühwiler et al. 2010, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012 and Brühwiler et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Brayardites crassus, Brayardites involutus
Type specimen: PIMUZ 27660. Its type locality is TWB72, Tong La West B, Tulong, which is in a Smithian deep subtidal lime mudstone in the Tulong Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (20 collections), India (8), Pakistan (5)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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