Dinarites dimorphus Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dinaritidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Dinarites according to W. Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Dinarites (Plococeras), Dinarites carniolicus, Dinarites coronatus, Dinarites dalmatinus, Dinarites doelteri, Dinarites hirschii, Dinarites hoerichi, Dinarites liatsikasi, Dinarites marinonii, Dinarites orbilobatus, Dinarites patella, Dinarites posterus, Dinarites puanensis, Dinarites quadrangulus, Dinarites undatus, Dinarites wissmanni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kufsi, Bed 8, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.0

Distribution: found only at Kufsi, Bed 8

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