Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Full reference: H. Bucher. 1992. Ammonoids of the Shoshonensis Zone (Middle Anisian, Middle Triassic) from northwestern Nevada (USA). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 135:425-465
Belongs to Platycuccoceras according to H. Bucher 1992
Sister taxa: Platycuccoceras bijiense, Platycuccoceras bonaevistae, Platycuccoceras carnicum, Platycuccoceras favretense, Platycuccoceras labiatus, Platycuccoceras praebalatonensis, Platycuccoceras rugosum, Platycuccoceras silberlingi, Platycuccoceras tozeri, Platycuccoceras yoga
Type specimen: USNM 448256. Its type locality is Muller Canyon HB 254, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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