Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Nathorstitidae
Alternative combinations: Nathorstites mcconnelli, Popanoceras mcconnelli
Synonyms: Nathorstites lenticularis Whiteaves 1899, Nathorstites strongulatus Korchinskaja 1972, Nathorstites vosnessenskyi Bychkov 1982, Popanoceras lenticulare Whiteaves 1899
Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1889. On some fossils from the Triassic rocks of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 1:127-149
Belongs to Nathorstites according to A. S. Dagys and A. G. Konstantinov 1997
See also Arkadiev and Vavilov 1984, Bychkov et al. 1976, Smith 1927, Spath 1951, Tozer 1994 and Whiteaves 1889
Sister taxa: Nathorstites alaskanus, Nathorstites lindstroemi, Nathorstites maclearni, Nathorstites sublenticularis
Type specimens:
- Nathorstites macconnelli: GSC 4716
- Nathorstites lenticularis: GSC 4721.
- Nathorstites strongulatus:
- Nathorstites vosnessenskyi:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (27: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (11), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (8)
Total: 47 collections including 51 occurrences
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