Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
Full reference: Y. Zakharov and Y. Shigeta. 2004. Paleontologicheskoe opisanie ostatkov Rannetriasovoy fauni. Trias i Yura Sikhote-Alinya. Kinga I. Terrigennyy Kompleks 223-225
Belongs to Churkites according to Y. D. Zakharov et al. 2024
See also Shigeta and Kumagae 2015 and Zakharov and Shigeta 2004
Sister taxa: Churkites egregius, Churkites noblei, Churkites subungunensis, Churkites ungunensis, Churkites warei
Type specimen: DVGI 1/830. Its type locality is Smolyaninovo village quarry, which is in a Smithian marine siltstone in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 251.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (20 collections)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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