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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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