Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aplococeratidae
Alternative combination: Lecanites parvus
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 Aplococeras according to K. Tongtherm et al. 2016
See also Silberling and Nichols 1982 and Smith 1914
Sister taxa: Aplococeras avisianum, Aplococeras laczkoi, Aplococeras orobicum, Aplococeras smithi, Aplococeras vogdesi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Thailand (1 collection), United States (9: Nevada)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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