Dieneria arthaberi Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Klamathitidae

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 Dieneria according to L. F. Spath 1951

See also Hyatt and Smith 1905 and Smith 1927

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 15.0

Distribution: found only at Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone)

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