Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Japonitidae
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 Japonites according to H. Bucher 1989
Sister taxa: Japonites asseretoi, Japonites dieneri, Japonites kirata, Japonites kueichowensis, Japonites labaensis, Japonites meridianus, Japonites planiplicatus, Japonites readi, Japonites starensis, Japonites surgriva, Japonites wrighti, Japonites ziyunensis
Type specimen: USNM 438369, a shell. Its type locality is Coyote Canyon HB 235, northern Humboldt Range, which is in an Aegean marine horizon in the Prida Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (5: Nevada collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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