Gonionotites avarus Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae

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

Belongs to Gonionotites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Gonionotites belli, Gonionotites gemmellaroi, Gonionotites gethingi, Gonionotites haugi, Gonionotites italicus, Gonionotites nobilis, Gonionotites noricus, Gonionotites northi, Gonionotites rarus, Gonionotites scapulatus, Gonionotites spiekeri

Type specimen: GSC 32167. Its type locality is GSC 68202, Mount McLearn, which is in a Tuvalian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.5

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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