Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aplococeratidae
Alternative combinations: Lecanites vogdesi, Pseudaplococeras vogdesi
Synonyms: Lecanites crassus Smith 1914, Lecanites nudus Smith 1914
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 Aplococeras according to N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols 1982
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Smith 1914 and Spath 1951
Sister taxa: Aplococeras avisianum, Aplococeras laczkoi, Aplococeras orobicum, Aplococeras parvus, Aplococeras smithi
Type specimens:
- Aplococeras vogdesi: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
- Lecanites crassus: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Lecanites nudus: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (10: Nevada collections)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences
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