Ambites wissneri 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 ferruginus, Ambites frechi, Ambites impressa, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites radiatus, Ambites rupestris, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites superior, Ambites tenuis

Type specimen: GSC 28122. Its type locality is GSC 88732, Tuchodi River, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in the Grayling Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 64.3

Distribution: found only at GSC 88732, Tuchodi River

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