Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663
Belongs to Hoplotropites according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Hoplotropites auctus, Hoplotropites circumspinatus, Hoplotropites intermedius, Hoplotropites jokelyi, Hoplotropites ladislai, Hoplotropites marii, Margarites senilis, Margarites moffiti, Margarites septentrionalis
Type specimen: GSC 32098. Its type locality is GSC 42380, Alaska Highway, which is in a Tuvalian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 15.1
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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