†Brackites spinosus Monnet and Bucher 2005 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Full reference: C. Monnet and H. Bucher. 2005. New Middle and Late Anisian (Middle Triassic) Ammonoid Faunas From Northwestern Nevada(USA): Taxonomy and Biochronology. Fossils and Strata 52:1-121
Belongs to Brackites according to C. Monnet and H. Bucher 2005
Sister taxon: Brackites vogdesi
Type specimen: PIMUZ 25183. Its type locality is Oliver Gulch HB 703, Augusta Mountains, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.0
Distribution: found only at Oliver Gulch HB 703, Augusta Mountains
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