Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) poulseni Spath 1935 (ceratite)

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

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