Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Alternative combinations: Arcestes cirratus, Flemingites cirratus
Synonym: Euflemingites tsotengensis Chao 1959
Full reference: C. A. White. 1879. Paleontological papers no. 9: fossils of the Jura-Trias of southeastern Idaho. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5:105-117
Belongs to Euflemingites according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2011
See also Nichols and Silberling 1979, Smith 1932, Spath 1934, Tozer 1994 and White 1879
Sister taxa: Euflemingites artyomensis, Euflemingites extremus, Euflemingites guyerdeti, Euflemingites guyerdetiformis, Euflemingites prynadai, Euflemingites romunderi
Type specimens:
- Euflemingites cirratus: Its type locality is John Gray's Lake (locality 1), Unit D, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
- Euflemingites tsotengensis:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 88.1
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (11: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut collections), Pakistan (1), United States (11: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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