Clypites tenuis Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae

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 Clypites according to A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith 1905

Sister taxa: Clypites japonicus, Clypites typicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wood Canyon, Aspen Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wood Canyon, Aspen Range

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