Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proteusitidae
Synonyms: Gymnites (Anagymnites) rosenbergi Smith 1914, Tropigastrites rothpletzi Smith 1914
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 Tropigastrites according to C. Monnet and H. Bucher 2005
See also Nakazawa and Bando 1968, Silberling and Nichols 1982 and Smith 1914
Sister taxa: Tropigastrites costatus, Tropigastrites louderbacki
Type specimens:
- Tropigastrites lahontanus: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
- Gymnites (Anagymnites) rosenbergi: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Tropigastrites rothpletzi: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.3
Distribution:
• Triassic of East Timor (1 collection), United States (13: Nevada)
Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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