Steinmannites pacificus Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Steinmannitidae

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

Belongs to Steinmannites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Arpadites (Steinmannites) clionitoides, Arpadites (Steinmannites) lubbocki, Arpadites (Steinmannites) noetlingi, Steinmannites desiderii, Steinmannites hoernesi, Steinmannites ingens, Steinmannites sosthenis, Steinmannites timorensis, Steinmannites undulatostriatus

Type specimen: GSC 28714. Its type locality is GSC 19275, Esperanza Inlet, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Parson Bay Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.5

Distribution: found only at GSC 19275, Esperanza Inlet

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