Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Synonyms: Tropites armatus Smith 1927, Tropites occidentalis Smith 1927
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1904. The Comparative Stratigraphy of the Marine Trias of Western America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Geology), Third Series 1(10):353-430
Belongs to Tropites according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Smith 1904 and Smith 1927
Sister taxa: Tropites (Paratropites), Tropites acutangulus, Tropites arthaberi, Tropites brockensis, Tropites bufonis, Tropites dieneri, Tropites discobullatus, Tropites ehrlichi, Tropites fusobullatus, Tropites hessi, Tropites involutus, Tropites izardi, Tropites kalapanicus, Tropites keili, Tropites keiliformis, Tropites kellyi, Tropites mojsvarensis, Tropites morani, Tropites morloti, Tropites payeri, Tropites reticulatus, Tropites rotatorius, Tropites rothpletzi, Tropites schellwieni, Tropites shastensis, Tropites stantoni, Tropites stearnsi, Tropites subbullatus, Tropites torquillus, Tropites ursensis, Tropites welleri, Tropites wodani
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (11: British Columbia collections), Mexico (1), United States (4: California)
Total: 16 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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