†Tropigastrites costatus Tozer 1994 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proteusitidae
Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663
Belongs to Tropigastrites according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Tropigastrites lahontanus, Tropigastrites louderbacki
Type specimen: GSC 28373. Its type locality is GSC 10706, Alaska Highway (hayesi zone), which is in a Bithynian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.0
Distribution: found only at GSC 10706, Alaska Highway (hayesi zone)
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