Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Belongs to Margarites according to J. P. Smith 1927
Sister taxa: Hoplotropites auctus, Hoplotropites circumspinatus, Hoplotropites globosus, Hoplotropites intermedius, Hoplotropites jokelyi, Hoplotropites ladislai, Hoplotropites marii, Margarites senilis, Margarites moffiti
Type specimen: Its type locality is North Fork of Squaw Creek, 3 miles north of Kelly's ranch, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at North Fork of Squaw Creek, 3 miles north of Kelly's ranch
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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