Dinarites patella 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 dimorphus, Dinarites doelteri, Dinarites hirschii, Dinarites hoerichi, Dinarites liatsikasi, Dinarites marinonii, Dinarites orbilobatus, Dinarites posterus, Dinarites puanensis, Dinarites quadrangulus, Dinarites undatus, Dinarites wissmanni

Type specimen: Its type locality is West of Khoora, lowest beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.0

Distribution: found only at West of Khoora, lowest beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range

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