Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Full reference: Y. Bando. 1964. The Triassic stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology 36:1-137
Belongs to Flexoptychites according to Y. Bando 1964
Sister taxa: Flexoptychites acutus, Flexoptychites angustoumbilicatus, Flexoptychites bugunzhensis, Flexoptychites flexuosus, Flexoptychites studeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hamada, Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture (reitzi zone), which is in a Fassanian marine shale in the Rifu Formation of Japan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 112.0
Distribution: found only at Hamada, Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture (reitzi zone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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