Aplococeras parvus Smith 1914 (ceratite)

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

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