Ambites ferruginus Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

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

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