Truempyceras pluriformis Guex 1978 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Alternative combination: Anasibirites pluriformis

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

Belongs to Truempyceras according to X. Dai et al. 2023

See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012 and Guex 1978

Sister taxon: Truempyceras compressum

Type specimen: Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneva G-P 25, a shell.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 47.2

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (4 collections), Pakistan (13)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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