Ophiceras commune Spath 1930 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae

Alternative combination: Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) commune

Belongs to Ophiceras according to A. S. Dagis et al. 1996

See also Spath 1935, Tozer 1961 and Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Ophiceras bilotense, Ophiceras connectens, Ophiceras crassecostatum, Ophiceras dharma, Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras stricturatum, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) subgibbosum, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) poulseni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 59.4

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (4: Nunavut collections), Greenland (49), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska), Vietnam (1)

Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence

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