Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1935. Additions to the Eo-Triassic invertebrate fauna of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 98(2):1-115
Belongs to Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) according to L. F. Spath 1935
Sister taxa: Ophiceras bilotense, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras connectens, Ophiceras crassecostatum, Ophiceras dharma, Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras stricturatum, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) subgibbosum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Stosch, river 14 (Smalleryg) east, locality 397, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.4
Distribution:
• Triassic of Greenland (5 collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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