Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae
Full reference: N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols. 1982. Middle Triassic Molluscan Fossils of Biostratigraphic Significance from the Humboldt Range, Northwestern Nevada. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1207
Belongs to Isculites according to C. Ji and H. Bucher 2018
See also Silberling and Nichols 1982
Sister taxa: Isculites asseretoi, Isculites constrictus, Isculites hauerinus, Isculites heimi, Isculites meeki, Isculites sphaericus, Smithoceras drummondi
Type specimen: USNM 248905. Its type locality is USGS M533, Big Canyon, which is in a Bithynian basinal (carbonate) limestone/siliciclastic in the Prida Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections), United States (8: Nevada)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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