Arctoprionites minor Bando 1964 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Full reference: Y. Bando. 1964. The Triassic stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology 36:1-137

Belongs to Arctoprionites according to Y. Bando 1964

Sister taxa: Arctoprionites nipponicus, Arctoprionites nodosus, Arctoprionites ovalis, Arctoprionites plicatus, Arctoprionites resseri, Arctoprionites subcristatum, Arctoprionites tyrrelli, Arctoprionites yeharai

Type specimen: IGPS 78336. Its type locality is Taho, Anasibirites Beds, Uonashi, Ehime Prefecture, which is in a Smithian marine siliciclastic in the Taho Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 14.0

Distribution: found only at Taho, Anasibirites Beds, Uonashi, Ehime Prefecture

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