Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative combination: Aspidites superbus
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Clypeoceras according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012
See also Diener 1897, Smith 1913, Spath 1934 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Clypeoceras excentricum, Clypeoceras largisellatum, Clypeoceras timorense, Aspidites meridianus, Aspidites arenosus, Aspidites magnumbilicatus, Aspidites dentosus
Subtaxa: Aspidites superbus praecursor
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidroo, probably upper Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 213.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (1 collection), Pakistan (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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