Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Full reference: H. Bucher. 1992. Ammonoids of the Hyatti Zone and the Anisian transgression in the Star Peak Group, Northwestern Nevada, USA. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:137-166
Belongs to Gymnites according to H. Bucher 1992
Sister taxa: Gymnites aghdarbandensis, Gymnites arthaberi, Gymnites asseretoi, Gymnites billingsi, Gymnites breunneri, Gymnites calli, Gymnites compressus, Gymnites depauperatus, Gymnites evolutus, Gymnites gibberulus, Gymnites humboldti, Gymnites incultus, Gymnites kirata, Gymnites machangpingensis, Gymnites mandiva, Gymnites obliquus, Gymnites palmai, Gymnites perplanus, Gymnites petilus, Gymnites procerus, Gymnites raphaelis, Gymnites religiosus, Gymnites robinsoni, Gymnites sankara, Gymnites subclausus, Gymnites toulai, Gymnites tregorum, Gymnites vasantasena, Gymnites vastesellatus, Gymnites watanabei
Type specimen: USNM 444127. Its type locality is SU 1431, Congress Canyon, North Humboldt Range, which is in a Bithynian offshore limestone/siltstone in the Prida Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 91.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of Romania (1 collection), United States (7: Nevada)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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