Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranannitidae
Alternative combination: Prosphingites austini
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Prosphingitoides according to A. A. Shevyrev 1995
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Kummel 1968 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Prosphingitoides hexagonalis, Prosphingitoides orientalis, Prosphingitoides ovalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range, which is in a Smithian slope limestone in the Union Wash Formation of California
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 28.8
Distribution:
• Triassic of Indonesia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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