Japonites wrighti Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Japonitidae

Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663

Belongs to Japonites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Japonites asseretoi, Japonites dieneri, Japonites kirata, Japonites kueichowensis, Japonites labaensis, Japonites meridianus, Japonites planiplicatus, Japonites readi, Japonites starensis, Japonites surgriva, Japonites welteri, Japonites ziyunensis

Type specimen: GSC 28370. Its type locality is GSC 74740, Chischa River, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.0

Distribution: found only at GSC 74740, Chischa River

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