Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254
Belongs to Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) according to J. P. Smith 1914
Sister taxa: Protrachyceras anatolicum, Protrachyceras archelaus, Protrachyceras cautleyi, Protrachyceras costulatum, Protrachyceras deprati, Protrachyceras guizhouense, Protrachyceras hispanicum, Protrachyceras ibericum, Protrachyceras irregulare, Protrachyceras ladinum, Protrachyceras lermani, Protrachyceras longobardicum, Protrachyceras margaritosum, Protrachyceras mutabile, Protrachyceras negevense, Protrachyceras parinaense, Protrachyceras pseudoarchelaus, Protrachyceras sikanianum, Protrachyceras sirenitiforme, Protrachyceras spitiense, Protrachyceras steinmanni, Protrachyceras wahrmani, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) ralphuanum, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) storrsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Either Cottonwood or Buena Vista Canyon, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Either Cottonwood or Buena Vista Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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