Groenlandites pridaense Bucher 1989 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae

Full reference: H. Bucher. 1989. Lower Anisian ammonoids from the northern Humboldt Range (northwestern Nevada, USA) and their bearing upon the Lower-Middle Triassic boundary. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 82:945-1002

Belongs to Groenlandites according to H. Bucher 1989

Sister taxa: Groenlandites amplus, Groenlandites astachovae, Groenlandites canadensis, Groenlandites glaber, Groenlandites kummeli, Groenlandites merriami, Groenlandites nielseni, Groenlandites silberlingi

Type specimen: USNM 438359, a shell. Its type locality is Coyote Canyon HB 56, northern Humboldt Range, which is in an Aegean offshore limestone/siltstone in the Prida Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.8

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (5: Nevada collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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