Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Full reference: C. A. White. 1879. Paleontological papers no. 9: fossils of the Jura-Trias of southeastern Idaho. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5:105-117
Belongs to Meekoceras according to C. A. White 1879
See also Welter 1922
Sister taxa: Meekoceras bittneri, Meekoceras bonnevillense, Meekoceras boreale, Meekoceras cadoricum, Meekoceras caprilense, Meekoceras caucasium, Meekoceras corvarense, Meekoceras cristatum, Meekoceras darvazicum, Meekoceras davisi, Meekoceras dubium, Meekoceras fulguratum, Meekoceras gracilitatis, Meekoceras haydeni, Meekoceras infrequens, Meekoceras japonicum, Meekoceras kraffti, Meekoceras luchnikovi, Meekoceras malayicum, Meekoceras marginale, Meekoceras millardense, Meekoceras nakazawai, Meekoceras olivieri, Meekoceras orientale, Meekoceras pusillum, Meekoceras rota, Meekoceras solitarium, Meekoceras tardum
Type specimen: Its type locality is John Gray's Lake (locality 1), Unit D, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Indonesia (1 collection), United States (5: Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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