Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Alternative combination: Tibetites (Paratibetites) geikiei
Synonym: Paratibetites ziegleri Jeannet 1958
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1896. Upper Triassic Cephalopoda faunae of the Himalaya. Palaeontologia Indica 10(3):1-264
Belongs to Paratibetites according to L. Krystyn 1982
See also Tatzreiter 1981 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Paratibetites adolphi, Paratibetites angustosellatus, Paratibetites bertrandi, Paratibetites clarkei, Paratibetites yunnanensis, Tibetites (Paratibetites) tornquisti
Type specimens:
- Paratibetites geikiei: Its type locality is Bambanag, Halorites Beds, which is in a Norian carbonate limestone in India
- Paratibetites ziegleri:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Nepal (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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