Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Alternative combination: Paratropites (Gymnotropites) americanus
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Gymnotropites according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Smith 1927 and Spath 1951
Sister taxa: Paratropites (Gymnotropites) californicus, Paratropites (Gymnotropites) laevis, Paratropites (Gymnotropites) rotundus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (2: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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