Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Alternative combination: Pleurambites radiatus
Full reference: T. Brühwiler, A. Brayard, H. Bucher and G. D. Kuang. 2008. Griesbachian and Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi and southern Guizhou (south China). Palaeontology 51(5):1151-1180
Belongs to Ambites according to X. Dai et al. 2019
See also Brühwiler et al. 2008, Ware and Bucher 2018, Ware and Bucher 2018 and Ware et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ambites atavus, Ambites bjerageri, Ambites bojeseni, Ambites discus, Ambites ferruginus, Ambites frechi, Ambites impressa, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites rupestris, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites superior, Ambites tenuis, Ambites wissneri
Type specimen: PIMUZ 26766, a shell. Its type locality is Jinya Section Jin14, which is in a Dienerian offshore lime mudstone in the Luolou Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), India (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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