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 kalapanicus, Tropites keili, Tropites keiliformis, 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 28985. Its type locality is Izard Point, Ououkinsh Inlet, Vancouver Island (GSC 23066), which is in a Carnian carbonate horizon in the Quatsino Limestone Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.5
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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