Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Alternative combinations: Acrochordiceras distractum, Stephanites distractus
Synonyms: Acrochordiceras compressum Waagen 1895, Acrochordiceras coronatum Waagen 1895
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Wasatchites according to X. Dai et al. 2023
See also Brühwiler et al. 2010, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Brühwiler et al. 2012, Piazza 2017, Spath 1934 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Wasatchites deleeni, Wasatchites macconnelli, Wasatchites orientalis, Wasatchites perrini, Wasatchites procurvus, Wasatchites spinatus, Wasatchites tardus, Wasatchites tridentinus, Anawasatchites vlasovi, Anawasatchites kindlei, Anawasatchites spathi, Anawasatchites dawsoni, Anawasatchites merrilli, Anawasatchites specious
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), India (5), Pakistan (8), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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