Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
Alternative combinations: Anakashmirites nivalis, Danubites nivalis, Xenodiscus nivalis
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Cephalopoda of the Lower Trias. Palaeontologia Indica 15(2):1-581
Belongs to Kashmirites according to T. Brühwiler et al. 2012
See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Diener 1897, Kummel 1969, Spath 1934 and Welter 1922
Sister taxa: Kashmirites armatus, Kashmirites baidi, Kashmirites blaschkei, Kashmirites borealis, Kashmirites columbianus, Kashmirites confusionensis, Kashmirites densistriatus, Kashmirites evolutus, Kashmirites guangxiense, Kashmirites kapila, Kashmirites robustus, Kashmirites shevyrevi, Kashmirites stepheni, Kashmirites subarmatus, Kashmirites subrobustus, Kashmirites utahensis, Kashmirites warreni, Kashmirites weisserti, Anakashmirites purusha, Anakashmirites radiosus, Anakashmirites molensis, Anakashmirites brouweri, Anakashmirites lidacensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is South of Muth (subrobustus Zone), which is in a Spathian marine horizon in India
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.2
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (2 collections), China (2), India (17), Indonesia (3), Nepal (2), Pakistan (1), United States (2: Nevada, Utah)
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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