Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Ceratites according to W. Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Ceratites (Austroceratites), Ceratites (Cycloceratites), Ceratites (Haydenites), Ceratites (Philippites), Ceratites (Salterites), Ceratites altecostatus, Ceratites anceps, Ceratites angularis, Ceratites antecedens, Ceratites armatus, Ceratites beneckei, Ceratites beyrichi, Ceratites bipunctatus, Ceratites celtitiformis, Ceratites comottii, Ceratites compressus, Ceratites delmatinus, Ceratites devasena, Ceratites disculus, Ceratites enodis, Ceratites evolutus, Ceratites fuchsi, Ceratites haradai, Ceratites hauerianus, Ceratites hercynus, Ceratites humilis, Ceratites inflatus, Ceratites kamadeva, Ceratites karstenii, Ceratites loretzi, Ceratites luganensis, Ceratites mandhata, Ceratites middendorffi, Ceratites murchisonianus, Ceratites naumanni, Ceratites nodosus, Ceratites padma, Ceratites patella, Ceratites pessoidesdup, Ceratites petersi, Ceratites planus, Ceratites pradoi, Ceratites praecursor, Ceratites praespinosus, Ceratites prettoi, Ceratites pseudovindelicus, Ceratites riccardi, Ceratites riedeli, Ceratites robustus, Ceratites royleanus, Ceratites sagitta, Ceratites simplex, Ceratites spinosus, Ceratites sturi, Ceratites suavis, Ceratites superbiformis, Ceratites thuilleri, Ceratites truncus, Ceratites varisci, Ceratites vega, Ceratites visvakarma, Ceratites weaveri, Ceratites wynnei, Ceratites zezianum, Ceratites zitteli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidroo, topmost Upper Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 15.0
Distribution: found only at Chidroo, topmost Upper Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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