Ussurites submansfeldi Guex et al. 2010 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae

Full reference: J. Guex, A. Hungerbühler, J. F. Jenks, L. O'Dogherty, V. Atudorei, D. G. Taylor, H. Bucher and A. Bartolini. 2010. Spathian (Lower Triassic) ammonoids from western USA (Idaho, California, Utah and Nevada). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 49:1-82

Belongs to Ussurites according to J. Jenks et al. 2013

See also Guex et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Ussurites arthaberi, Ussurites cameroni, Ussurites detwilleri, Ussurites hara, Ussurites hosei, Ussurites kingi, Ussurites mansfeldi, Ussurites mansfieldi, Ussurites muskwa, Ussurites sichoticus, Ussurites sieveri, Ussurites sokolovi, Ussurites xinghaiensis, Ussurites yabei

Type specimen: NMMNH P-62984. Its type locality is JJ5-75, Paris Canyon (JPCDE equivalent), Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian offshore horizon in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.0

Distribution: found only at JJ5-75, Paris Canyon (JPCDE equivalent), Bear Lake Valley

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