Dixieceras lawsoni Smith 1914

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Alternative combinations: Ceratites (Philippites) lawsoni, Ceratites (Phillipites) lawsoni, Frechites lawsoni

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254

Belongs to Dixieceras according to C. Monnet and H. Bucher 2005

See also Smith 1914 and Spath 1934

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (13: Nevada collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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