Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
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 Atractites according to N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols 1982
See also Smith 1914
Sister taxa: Atractites alveolaris, Atractites ausseeanus, Atractites bacchilidis, Atractites bithynicus, Atractites boeckhi, Atractites conicus, Atractites elegans, Atractites ladinus, Atractites mallyi, Atractites meneghinii, Atractites obeliscus, Atractites secundus, Atractites smithii, Atractites solidus, Atractites subrotundus, Atractites subundatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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