Prohungarites beyrichitoides Guex et al. 2005 (ceratite)

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 carinatus, Prohungarites crasseplicatus, Prohungarites gutstadti, Prohungarites landuensis, Prohungarites lenticularis, Prohungarites mckelvei, Prohungarites middlemissii, Prohungarites qinghaiensis, Prohungarites submckelvei, Prohungarites submiddlemissi, Prohungarites tuberculatus

Type specimen: JGX-465. Its type locality is Hammond Creek JGX-HC9, which is in a Spathian deep-water limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 11.8

Distribution: found only at Hammond Creek JGX-HC9

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