Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Alternative combination: Ptychites indistinctus
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322
Belongs to Lanceoptychites according to A. Vörös 2010
See also Balini 1998 and von Mojsisovics 1882
Sister taxa: Lanceoptychites charlyanus, Lanceoptychites styx, Lanceoptychites velox
Type specimen: GBA 1882/03/310. Its type locality is Schreyeralm (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 87.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Hungary (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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