Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative combination: Proptychites pagi
Full reference: D. Ware, J. F. Jenks, M. Hautmann and H. Bucher. 2011. Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104:161-181
Belongs to Proptychites according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018
See also Ware and Bucher 2018, Ware et al. 2011 and Zhang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Proptychites aberrans, Proptychites ammonoides, Proptychites anomalus, Proptychites candidus, Proptychites discoides, Proptychites grandis, Proptychites intermedius, Proptychites kummeli, Proptychites latifimbriatus, Proptychites lawrencianus, Proptychites magnumbilicatus, Proptychites markhami, Proptychites mulleri, Proptychites newelli, Proptychites oldhamianus, Proptychites plicatus, Proptychites rosenkrantzi, Proptychites scheibleri, Proptychites simplex, Proptychites subdiscoides, Proptychites subgrandis, Proptychites trilobatus, Proptychites wargalensis
Type specimen: USNM 542464. Its type locality is Candelaria SU1321, which is in a Dienerian offshore shale in the Candelaria Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (1), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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