Paratirolites douvillei Diener 1914 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dzhulfitidae

Alternative combination: Xenodiscus douvillei

Full reference: C. Diener. 1914. Ammoniten aus der Untertrias von Madagaskar. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 123(1):911-922

Belongs to Paratirolites according to E. T. Tozer 1969

See also Diener 1914

Sister taxa: Paratirolites aduncus, Paratirolites baghukensis, Paratirolites birunii, Paratirolites compressus, Paratirolites coronatus, Paratirolites guizhouensis, Paratirolites kittli, Paratirolites lanceolobatus, Paratirolites multiconus, Paratirolites nakornsrii, Paratirolites quadratus, Paratirolites robustus, Paratirolites rubens, Paratirolites serus, Paratirolites trapezoidalis, Paratirolites vediensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ambararata (Triassic of Madagascar)

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