Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Alternative combinations: Cuccoceras bonaevistae, Dinarites bonaevistae
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 Platycuccoceras according to H. Bucher 1988
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Silberling and Nichols 1982 and Smith 1914
Sister taxa: Platycuccoceras bijiense, Platycuccoceras cainense, Platycuccoceras carnicum, Platycuccoceras favretense, Platycuccoceras labiatus, Platycuccoceras praebalatonensis, Platycuccoceras rugosum, Platycuccoceras silberlingi, Platycuccoceras tozeri, Platycuccoceras yoga
Type specimen: Its type locality is Buena Vista Canyon, west of Unionville, West Humboldt Range, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 52.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (14: Nevada collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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