Anaxenaspis nammalensis Guex 1978 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae

Alternative combination: Xenoceltites nammalensis

Full reference: J. Guex. 1978. Le Trias inférieur des Salt Ranges (Pakistan): problèmes biochronologiques. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 71(1):105-141

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

See also Guex 1978

Sister taxa: Anaxenaspis dieneri, Anaxenaspis kraffti, Anaxenaspis lidacensis, Anaxenaspis olenekensis, Anaxenaspis orientale, Anaxenaspis welteri

Type specimen: Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneva G-P 44, a shell. Its type locality is Nammal Gorge, Bed 18e, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of Pakistan (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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