Cyrtopleurites hersiliae Diener 1920 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tibetitidae

Full reference: C. Diener. 1920. Die Ceratitoidea der karnisch-norischen Mischfauna des Feuerkogels bei Aussee. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 129:589-618

Belongs to Cyrtopleurites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

See also Diener 1920

Sister taxa: Cyrtopleurites (Acanthinites), Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus, Cyrtopleurites euphrasiae, Cyrtopleurites strabonis, Cyrtopleurites vestaliae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Feuerkogel "Mischfauna", which is in a Carnian/Norian marine horizon in Austria

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.1

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (4: British Columbia)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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