Trachypleuraspidites griffithi Diener 1906 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Distichitidae

Alternative combination: Arpadites (Trachypleuraspidites) griffithi

Synonym: Distichites tingriensis Wang and He 1976

Belongs to Trachypleuraspidites according to L. Krystyn 1982

See also Spath 1951 and Tatzreiter 1981

Sister taxon: Trachypleuraspidites malayicus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.2

Distribution: found only at Jomsom A, bed 113 (Triassic of Nepal)

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