Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663
Belongs to Ambites according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Ambites atavus, Ambites bjerageri, Ambites bojeseni, Ambites discus, Ambites frechi, Ambites impressa, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites radiatus, Ambites rupestris, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites superior, Ambites tenuis, Ambites wissneri
Type specimen: GSC 28134. Its type locality is GSC 51665, Otto Fiord, Svartefjeld Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Dienerian deep-water siliciclastic in the Blind Fiord Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.1
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (3: Nunavut collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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