†Lucasites evolutus Brühwiler and Bucher 2012 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Full reference: T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from exotic blocks from Oman: taxonomy and biochronology. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 296:3-107
Belongs to Lucasites according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012
Sister taxon: Lucasites involutus
Type specimen: PIMUZ 27340. Its type locality is Jebel Safra JS11b, which is in a Smithian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in Oman.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 43.0
Distribution: found only at Jebel Safra JS11b
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