Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Alternative combination: Pinacoceras polydactylum
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1873. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Eine geologisch-paläontologische Studie aus den Alpen. 1 Teil, Die Mollusken-Faunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter-Schichten. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):1-82
Belongs to Placites according to A. A. Shevyrev 1995
See also Shevyrev 1990, Tozer 1994, von Mojsisovics 1873 and von Mojsisovics 1902
Sister taxa: Placites humboldtensis, Placites myophorus, Placites oldhami, Placites omphalius, Placites oxyphyllus, Placites perauctus, Placites placodes, Placites platyphyllus, Placites postsymmetricus, Placites subsymmetricus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.4
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (6: British Columbia), Nepal (1), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (3)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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