Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Synonyms: Flemingites radiatus Waagen 1895, Flemingites rotula Waagen 1895
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Flemingites according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Spath 1934 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Flemingites alexanderi, Flemingites anhuiensis, Flemingites aspenensis, Flemingites bannockensis, Flemingites bhargavai, Flemingites darvazicus, Flemingites flemingianus, Flemingites glaber, Flemingites griesbachiformis, Flemingites hautmanni, Flemingites hofmanni, Flemingites lidakensis, Flemingites muthensis, Flemingites planatus, Flemingites praenuntius, Flemingites pulcher, Flemingites rohilla, Flemingites rursiradiatus, Flemingites salya, Flemingites timorensis, Flemingites trikamnyaensis
Type specimens:
- Flemingites nanus: Its type locality is Amb, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian coastal sandstone in the Ceratites Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
- Flemingites radiatus: Its type locality is Nanga, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratites Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.
- Flemingites rotula: Its type locality is Nanga, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratites Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 51.1
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (6 collections), Pakistan (6), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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