Hypophiceras gracile Spath 1930 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Alternative combination: Glyptophiceras gracile

Synonyms: Glyptophiceras modestum Spath 1930, Glyptophiceras nielseni Spath 1935, Glyptophiceras pseudellipticum Spath 1930, Glyptophiceras serpentinum Spath 1935

Belongs to Hypophiceras according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018

See also Bando 1970, Bando and Araki 1970, Ermakova 1977, Spath 1935 and Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Hypophiceras changxingense, Hypophiceras martini

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 37.8

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: Nunavut collections), Greenland (30), Pakistan (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)

Total: 35 collections including 45 occurrences

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