Metophiceras demissum Oppel 1862

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites demissus, Ophiceras demissum, Xenodiscus demissus

Belongs to Metophiceras according to X. Dai et al. 2023

See also Diener 1897, Griesbach 1880, Spath 1934, Zhang et al. 2017 and Zhao and Wang 1974

Sister taxa: Metophiceras subdemissum, Ophiceras (Metophiceras) noenygaardi, Ophiceras (Metophiceras) praecursor

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 55.6

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (6 collections), Greece (1), Greenland (2), India (6), Indonesia (1), Nepal (1)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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