Pterosirenites auritus Tozer 1980 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1980. New genera of Triassic Ammonoidea. Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 80-1A:107-113

Belongs to Pterosirenites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

See also Tozer 1980

Sister taxa: Pterosirenites nelgehensis, Pterosirenites obrucevi, Pterosirenites seimkanensis

Type specimen: GSC 28734. Its type locality is GSC 68180, Mount McLearn, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Baldonnel Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 50.9

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (4: British Columbia collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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