Leconteia californica Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Clionitidae

Alternative combination: Leconteiceras californicum

Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394

Belongs to Leconteia according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Smith 1927, Spath 1951 and Tozer 1994

Sister taxon: Leconteiceras occidentale

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.9

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (2: California)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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