Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
Full reference: T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher. 2011. Taxonomic names, in A new early Smithian ammonoid fauna from the Salt Range (Pakistan). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130(2):187-201
Belongs to Kashmirites according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2011
Sister taxa: Kashmirites armatus, Kashmirites baidi, Kashmirites blaschkei, Kashmirites borealis, Kashmirites columbianus, Kashmirites confusionensis, Kashmirites densistriatus, Kashmirites evolutus, Kashmirites guangxiense, Kashmirites kapila, Kashmirites nivalis, Kashmirites robustus, Kashmirites shevyrevi, Kashmirites stepheni, Kashmirites subarmatus, Kashmirites subrobustus, Kashmirites utahensis, Kashmirites warreni, Anakashmirites lidacensis, Anakashmirites molensis, Anakashmirites brouweri, Anakashmirites purusha, Anakashmirites radiosus
Type specimen: PIMUZ 28552. Its type locality is Nammal Gorge Nam802, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.2
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Pakistan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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