Meginoceras triviale Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

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

Belongs to Meginoceras according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Meginoceras aylardi, Meginoceras caurinum, Meginoceras effervescens, Meginoceras meginae, Meginoceras tetsa

Type specimen: GSC 28646. Its type locality is GSC 50006, hill northeast of Mount Stearns, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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