Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Megaphyllitidae
Belongs to Megaphyllites according to A. A. Shevyrev 1995
Sister taxa: Megaphyllites applanatus, Megaphyllites chiosensis, Megaphyllites compressus, Megaphyllites evolutus, Megaphyllites gebzensis, Megaphyllites humilis, Megaphyllites insectus, Megaphyllites jarbas, Megaphyllites johannisboehmi, Megaphyllites obolus, Megaphyllites oenipontanus, Megaphyllites procerus, Megaphyllites sandalinus, Megaphyllites transiens, Megaphyllites wildhorsensis
Type specimen: PIN 1477/172, a shell. Its type locality is Tkhach River, left source, Laboceras-Megaphyllites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.5
Distribution:
• Triassic of Romania (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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