Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Belongs to Ptychites according to E. A. Bischof and J. Lehmann 2020
See also McLearn 1969 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Ptychites besnosovi, Ptychites breunigi, Ptychites cognatus, Ptychites cultrata, Ptychites cylindroides, Ptychites densistriatus, Ptychites domatus, Ptychites dontianus, Ptychites durandii, Ptychites embreei, Ptychites eusomus, Ptychites evansi, Ptychites everesti, Ptychites evolvens, Ptychites gibbus, Ptychites globus, Ptychites gradinarui, Ptychites guloensis, Ptychites hamatus, Ptychites intermedius, Ptychites mahendra, Ptychites maximus, Ptychites miyagiensis, Ptychites nipponicus, Ptychites noricus, Ptychites oppeli, Ptychites opulentus, Ptychites posthumus, Ptychites progressus, Ptychites pseudoeuglyphus, Ptychites rectangulatus, Ptychites reductus, Ptychites rugifer, Ptychites sahadeva, Ptychites stachei, Ptychites stoliczkai, Ptychites sumitra, Ptychites tibetanus, Ptychites trochleaeformis, Ptychites uhligi, Ptychites vidura
Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC 10731, McTaggart Creek, which is in a Pelsonian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.8
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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