Nevadisculites taylori Bucher 1988 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proarcestidae

Full reference: H. Bucher. 1988. A new Middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) ammonoid zone from northwestern Nevada. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 81(3):723-762

Belongs to Nevadisculites according to H. Bucher 1988

Sister taxa: Nevadisculites depressus, Nevadisculites minutus, Nevadisculites smithi

Type specimen: USNM 427267, a shell. Its type locality is Favret Canyon HB 175, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 43.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (24: Nevada collections)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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