Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Full reference: H. Bucher. 1988. A new Middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) ammonoid zone from northwestern Nevada. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 81(3):723-762
Belongs to Platycuccoceras according to H. Bucher 1988
Sister taxa: Platycuccoceras bijiense, Platycuccoceras bonaevistae, Platycuccoceras cainense, Platycuccoceras carnicum, Platycuccoceras labiatus, Platycuccoceras praebalatonensis, Platycuccoceras rugosum, Platycuccoceras silberlingi, Platycuccoceras tozeri, Platycuccoceras yoga
Type specimen: USNM 427241. Its type locality is Favret Canyon HB 14, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.5
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (23: Nevada collections)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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