Lenotropites caurus McLearn 1948

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae

Alternative combination: Hungarites caurus

Synonyms: Hungarites boreas McLearn 1948, Hungarites dawsoni McLearn 1948

Belongs to Lenotropites according to A. S. Dagis et al. 1996

See also McLearn 1969, Silberling and Nichols 1982 and Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Lenotropites boskhoensis, Lenotropites debilis, Lenotropites ellesmerensis, Lenotropites karangatiensis, Lenotropites qinghaiensis, Lenotropites solitarius, Lenotropites tardus, Lenotropites tricarinatus, Lenotropites undulatus, Koptoceras falconi

Type specimens:

  • Lenotropites caurus: Its type locality is GSC 10660, Liard River, which is in an Aegean marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada
  • Hungarites boreas: GSC 9586. Its type locality is GSC 10660, Liard River, which is in an Aegean marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.
  • Hungarites dawsoni: GSC 9587. Its type locality is GSC 10736, Chischa River, which is in an Aegean marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.7

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (11: Alberta, British Columbia collections), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (4: Nevada)

Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences

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