Prionites tuberculatus Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Synonyms: Prionites armatus Welter 1922, Prionites elegans Welter 1922, Prionites laevis Welter 1922, Prionites lingnatus Waagen 1895, Prionites undatus 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 Prionites according to X. Dai et al. 2023

See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Frebold 1930, Spath 1934, Waagen 1895 and Welter 1922

Sister taxa: Prionites arenarius, Prionites hollandi, Prionites involutus, Prionites markevichi, Prionites nammalensis, Prionites subtuberculatus, Prionites trapezoidalis

Type specimens:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 79.3

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (4 collections), India (1), Indonesia (3), Pakistan (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences

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