Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae
Alternative combinations: Alloptychites meeki, Ptychites meeki
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Isculites according to N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols 1982
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Smith 1914 and Spath 1951
Sister taxa: Isculites asseretoi, Isculites constrictus, Isculites hauerinus, Isculites heimi, Isculites sphaericus, Isculites tozeri, Smithoceras drummondi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Star Canyon, West Humboldt Range, which is in an Aegean carbonate limestone in Nevada
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 39.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (3: Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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