Monneticeras compressum Brühwiler and Bucher 2012 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Full reference: T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Salt Range, Pakistan. Special Papers in Palaeontology 88:22-114

Belongs to Monneticeras according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012

Sister taxon: Monneticeras kalinkini

Type specimen: PIMUZ 27932. Its type locality is Chiddru Chi53, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian offshore marl in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 58.9

Distribution: found only at Chiddru Chi53, Salt Range

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