Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
Full reference: J. Guex, A. Hungerbühler, J. Jenks, D. Taylor, and H. Bucher. 2005. Dix-neuf nouvelles espèces d’ammonites du Spathien (Trias inférieur) de l’ouest américain (Idaho, Nevada, Utah et Californie) : Note préliminaire. Bulletin de Géologie Lausanne 363:1-28
Belongs to Prohungarites according to J. Guex et al. 2010
See also Guex et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Prohungarites beyrichitoides, Prohungarites carinatus, Prohungarites crasseplicatus, Prohungarites gutstadti, Prohungarites landuensis, Prohungarites mckelvei, Prohungarites middlemissii, Prohungarites qinghaiensis, Prohungarites submckelvei, Prohungarites submiddlemissi, Prohungarites tuberculatus
Type specimen: JGX-1004. Its type locality is Humboldt Range JGX-NHR-2360A, which is in a Spathian deep-water shale in the Thaynes Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.0
Distribution: found only at Humboldt Range JGX-NHR-2360A
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