Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus brahmanicus
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 Grypoceras according to S. W. Muller and H. G. Ferguson 1939
Sister taxa: Grypoceras aemulans, Grypoceras bidorsatoides, Grypoceras griesbachi, Grypoceras guembeli, Grypoceras haloricum, Grypoceras laubei, Grypoceras mesodicum, Grypoceras milleri, Grypoceras obtusum, Grypoceras palladii, Grypoceras quadrangulum, Grypoceras rhaeticum, Grypoceras whitneyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shalshal Cliff, Bed 2, Rimkin Paiar, which is in a Griesbachian offshore limestone in India
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (3 collections), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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