Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663
Belongs to Prionolobus according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Meekoceras (Prionolobus) waageni, Prionolobus buchianus, Prionolobus hanieli, Prionolobus hubeiensis, Prionolobus indoaustralicus, Prionolobus konincki, Prionolobus lucinus, Prionolobus ophioneus, Prionolobus orbis, Prionolobus planulatus, Prionolobus sequens
Type specimen: GSC 28111. Its type locality is GSC 56182, Chowade River (UCR), which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 59.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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