Gymnites compressus Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

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

Belongs to Gymnites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Gymnites aghdarbandensis, Gymnites arthaberi, Gymnites asseretoi, Gymnites billingsi, Gymnites breunneri, Gymnites calli, Gymnites depauperatus, Gymnites evolutus, Gymnites gibberulus, Gymnites humboldti, Gymnites incultus, Gymnites kirata, Gymnites machangpingensis, Gymnites mandiva, Gymnites obliquus, Gymnites palmai, Gymnites perplanus, Gymnites petilus, Gymnites procerus, Gymnites raphaelis, Gymnites religiosus, Gymnites robinsoni, Gymnites sankara, Gymnites subclausus, Gymnites toulai, Gymnites tozeri, Gymnites tregorum, Gymnites vasantasena, Gymnites vastesellatus, Gymnites watanabei

Type specimen: GSC 28378. Its type locality is GSC 42400, Liard River, which is in a Bithynian marine siltstone in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 43.3

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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