Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Synonym: Kingites parkashi Brühwiler et al. 2010
Full reference: T. Brühwiler, D. Ware, H. Bucher, L. Krystyn, and N. Goudemand. 2010. New Early Triassic ammonoid faunas from the Dienerian/Smithian boundary beds at the Induan/Olenekian GSSP candidate at Mud (Spiti, Northern India). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 39:724-739
Belongs to Kingites according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018
See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Brühwiler et al. 2010 and Ware and Bucher 2018
Sister taxa: Kingites davidsonianus, Kingites discoidalis, Kingites korostelevi, Kingites minutus, Kingites thulensis, Kingites vidarbha
Type specimens:
- Kingites korni: PIMUZ 27863, a shell. Its type locality is MUD31, Mud section, Spiti, which is in a Dienerian offshore lime mudstone/mudstone in the Mirkin Formation of India.
- Kingites parkashi: PIMUZ 27857, a shell. Its type locality is MUD32, Mud section, Spiti, which is in a Smithian offshore lime mudstone in the Mirkin Formation of India.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 51.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (7), Pakistan (3)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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