Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Alternative combination: Nicomedites tozeri
Full reference: H. Bucher. 1988. A new Middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) ammonoid zone from northwestern Nevada. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 81(3):723-762
Belongs to Nicholsites according to H. Bucher 1992
See also Bucher 1988
Sister taxa: Nicholsites moderatus, Nicholsites newpassensis, Nicholsites parisi
Type specimen: USNM 427247, a shell. Its type locality is Favret Canyon HB 175, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.5
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (8: Nevada collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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