Proavites hueffeli Arthaber 1896 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida

Synonyms: Proavites avitus Arthaber 1896, Proavites marginatus Arthaber 1896

Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1896. Die Cephalopodenfauna der Reiflinger Kalke. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 10:1-111

Belongs to Proavites according to C. Monnet et al. 2008

See also Arthaber 1896, Arthaber 1896, Gu et al. 1980 and Spath 1934

Sister taxon: Proavites benigari

Type specimens:

  • Proavites hueffeli: Its type locality is Tiefengraben (Arthaber section), which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Gutenstein Formation of Austria
  • Proavites avitus: Its type locality is Tiefengraben (Arthaber section), which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Gutenstein Formation of Austria.
  • Proavites marginatus: Its type locality is Tiefengraben (Arthaber section), which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Gutenstein Formation of Austria.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (1), Hungary (10), Italy (7), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences

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