Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Full reference: A. A. Shevyrev. 1990. Ammonoidei i Khronostratigrafiya Triasa. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 241:1-179
Belongs to Meekoceras according to A. I. Rozanov and A. A. Shevyrev 2001
See also Shevyrev 1990
Sister taxa: Meekoceras bittneri, Meekoceras bonnevillense, Meekoceras boreale, Meekoceras cadoricum, Meekoceras caprilense, Meekoceras caucasium, Meekoceras corvarense, Meekoceras cristatum, Meekoceras darvazicum, Meekoceras davisi, Meekoceras dubium, Meekoceras fulguratum, Meekoceras gracilitatis, Meekoceras haydeni, Meekoceras infrequens, Meekoceras japonicum, Meekoceras luchnikovi, Meekoceras marginale, Meekoceras millardense, Meekoceras mushbachanum, Meekoceras nakazawai, Meekoceras olivieri, Meekoceras orientale, Meekoceras pusillum, Meekoceras rota, Meekoceras solitarium, Meekoceras tardum
Type specimen: PIN 4184/24. Its type locality is Kafirbacha, Khozretishi Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Vasmikukh Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 83.3
Distribution:
• Triassic of Tajikistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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