Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Meekoceras (Koninckites) mushbachanum, Meekoceras mushbachanus
Synonyms: Meekoceras (Koninckites) evansi Smith 1932, Meekoceras (Submeekoceras) tientungense Chao 1959, Meekoceras jolinkense Krafft 1909, Meekoceras pulchriforme Chao 1959, Meekoceras subquadratum Chao 1959, Proptychites kaoyunlingensis Chao 1959, Proptychites latumbilicatus Chao 1959
Full reference: C. A. White. 1879. Paleontological papers no. 9: fossils of the Jura-Trias of southeastern Idaho. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5:105-117
Belongs to Submeekoceras according to A. Brayard et al. 2013
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Chao 1959, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Smith 1904, Smith 1932, Spath 1934, Welter 1922, White 1879 and Zhao and Wang 1974
Sister taxa: Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni, Submeekoceras patelliforme
Type specimens:
- Submeekoceras mushbachanum: Its type locality is John Gray's Lake (locality 1), Unit D, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
- Meekoceras (Koninckites) evansi:
- Meekoceras (Submeekoceras) tientungense:
- Meekoceras jolinkense:
- Meekoceras pulchriforme:
- Meekoceras subquadratum:
- Proptychites kaoyunlingensis:
- Proptychites latumbilicatus:
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.4
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (13 collections), India (2), Indonesia (3), Oman (3), United States (6: California, Idaho, Utah)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.