Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Alternative combinations: Amaltheus megalodiscus, Ammonites megalodiscus, Ptychites megalodiscus
Belongs to Discoptychites according to A. Vörös et al. 2022
See also Arthaber 1896, Arthaber 1915, Kummel 1960, Monnet and Bucher 2005, Skwarko 1973, von Mojsisovics 1882, Vörös 2010 and Vörös 2018
Sister taxa: Discoptychites dux, Discoptychites inaicus, Discoptychites korkodonensis, Discoptychites pauli, Discoptychites seebachi, Discoptychites subfastigatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 175.3
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (4 collections), Greece (1), Hungary (10), New Zealand (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Turkey (1), United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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