Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Alternative combination: Pleurambites frechi
Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663
Belongs to Ambites according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018
See also Tozer 1994, Ware and Bucher 2018 and Ware et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ambites atavus, Ambites bjerageri, Ambites bojeseni, Ambites discus, Ambites ferruginus, Ambites impressa, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites radiatus, Ambites rupestris, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites superior, Ambites tenuis, Ambites wissneri
Type specimen: GSC 28144
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 46.5
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections), India (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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