Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Alternative combination: Ophiceras spencei
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Xenoceltites according to J. Jenks et al. 2013
See also Guex et al. 2010, Hyatt and Smith 1905 and Kummel 1969
Sister taxa: Xenoceltites cordilleranus, Xenoceltites crenoventrosus, Xenoceltites crenulatus, Xenoceltites evolutus, Xenoceltites matheri, Xenoceltites opimus, Xenoceltites pauciradiatus, Xenoceltites praematurus, Xenoceltites rotula, Xenoceltites russkiensis, Xenoceltites subevolutus, Xenoceltites subvariocostatus, Xenoceltites variocostatus, Xenoceltites youngi, Xenoceltites ziyunensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.2
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (12: Idaho collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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