Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Synonym: Wasatchites canadensis McLearn 1945
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1934. Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, The Ammonoidea of the Trias. 1-521
Belongs to Wasatchites according to V. Piazza 2017
See also Spath 1934 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Wasatchites deleeni, Wasatchites distractus, Wasatchites macconnelli, Wasatchites orientalis, Wasatchites perrini, Wasatchites procurvus, Wasatchites spinatus, Wasatchites tardus, Anawasatchites vlasovi, Anawasatchites kindlei, Anawasatchites spathi, Anawasatchites dawsoni, Anawasatchites merrilli, Anawasatchites specious
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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