Helictites minor Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thetiditidae

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

Belongs to Helictites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Ceratites (Helictites) atalanta, Helictites beneckei, Helictites decorus, Helictites geniculatus, Helictites leislingensis, Helictites pacalis, Helictites subgeniculatus, Helictites sundaicus

Type specimen: GSC 72197. Its type locality is GSC 98518, Juvavites gully, Pardonet Hill, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 13.3

Distribution: found only at GSC 98518, Juvavites gully, Pardonet Hill

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