Tropites keiliformis Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

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

Belongs to Tropites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Tropites (Paratropites), Tropites acutangulus, Tropites arthaberi, Tropites brockensis, Tropites bufonis, Tropites dieneri, Tropites dilleri, Tropites discobullatus, Tropites ehrlichi, Tropites fusobullatus, Tropites hessi, Tropites involutus, Tropites izardi, Tropites kalapanicus, Tropites keili, Tropites kellyi, Tropites mojsvarensis, Tropites morani, Tropites morloti, Tropites payeri, Tropites reticulatus, Tropites rotatorius, Tropites rothpletzi, Tropites schellwieni, Tropites shastensis, Tropites stantoni, Tropites stearnsi, Tropites subbullatus, Tropites torquillus, Tropites ursensis, Tropites welleri, Tropites wodani

Type specimen: GSC 18877. Its type locality is GSC 22691, Open Bay, Quadra Island, which is in a Tuvalian marine siliciclastic in the Open Bay Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.0

Distribution: found only at GSC 22691, Open Bay, Quadra Island

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