†Hellenites radiatus Renz and Renz 1948 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hellenitidae

Alternative combination: Hellenites (Pallasites) radiatus

Synonym: Hellenites (Pallasites) striatus Renz and Renz 1948

Full reference: C. Renz and O. Renz. 1948. Eine untertriadische Ammonitenfauna von der griechischen Insel Chios. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 66:1-98

Belongs to Hellenites according to D. Mertmann and V. Jacobshagen 2003

See also Kummel 1969 and Renz and Renz 1948

Sister taxa: Hellenites (Pallasites), Hellenites compressus, Hellenites elegans, Hellenites idahoense, Hellenites inopinatus, Hellenites praematurus, Hellenites subpraematurus, Hellenites tchernyschewiensis

Type specimens:

  • Hellenites radiatus: Its type locality is Maradovuno, Chios, which is in a Spathian slope lime mudstone in Greece
  • Hellenites (Pallasites) striatus: Its type locality is Maradovuno, Chios, which is in a Spathian slope lime mudstone in Greece.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.5

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Greece (4), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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