†Melagathiceras crassum Tozer 1961 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Alternative combination: Juvenites crassus
Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1961. Triassic stratigraphy and faunas, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 316:1-116
Belongs to Melagathiceras according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Dagis and Ermakova 1990 and Tozer 1961
Sister taxon: Melagathiceras globosus
Type specimen: GSC 14081
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.1
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: Nunavut collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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