Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Synonyms: Lytophiceras chamunda Diener 1897, Lytophiceras ptychodes Diener 1897, Lytophiceras sakuntala Diener 1897, Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) ptychodes Diener 1897, Ophiceras chamunda Diener 1897, Ophiceras platyspira Diener 1897, Ophiceras ptychodes Diener 1897, Ophiceras sakuntala Diener 1897, Ophiceras tingi Tien 1933
Full reference: C. L. Griesbach. 1880. Palaeontological notes on the Lower Trias of the Himalayas. Records of the Geological Survey of India 13:94-113
Belongs to Ophiceras according to X. Dai et al. 2023
See also Dai et al. 2019, Diener 1897, Griesbach 1880, Kapoor and Bando 1974, Spath 1934 and Ware and Bucher 2018
Sister taxa: Ophiceras bilotense, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras connectens, Ophiceras crassecostatum, Ophiceras dharma, Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras stricturatum, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) poulseni, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) subgibbosum
Subtaxa: Lytophiceras chamunda evoluta
Type specimens:
- Ophiceras medium: Its type locality is Shalshal Cliff, Bed 2, Rimkin Paiar, which is in a Griesbachian offshore limestone in India
- Ophiceras chamunda:
- Ophiceras platyspira:
- Ophiceras ptychodes:
- Ophiceras sakuntala:
- Ophiceras tingi:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of Armenia (2 collections), Azerbaijan (4), China (24), Greenland (6), India (14), Indonesia (1), Oman (5), Pakistan (1), Thailand (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 59 collections including 69 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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