Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae
Alternative combination: Monophyllites confucii
Belongs to Leiophyllites according to N. Fantini Sestini 1988
See also Arthaber 1915, Diener 1907, Spath 1934 and Wang and Chen 1979
Sister taxa: Leiophyllites admaris, Leiophyllites asseretoi, Leiophyllites ellipticus, Leiophyllites foliodenticulatus, Leiophyllites indoaustralicus, Leiophyllites laevis, Leiophyllites maritimus, Leiophyllites marshalli, Leiophyllites middlemissi, Leiophyllites pitamaha, Leiophyllites pradyumna, Leiophyllites praematurus, Leiophyllites pseudopradyumna, Leiophyllites radians, Leiophyllites serpentinus, Leiophyllites suessi, Leiophyllites taramellii, Leiophyllites timorensis, Leiophyllites variabilis, Leiophyllites visendus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), Greece (2), India (1), Romania (1), Turkey (29)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
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