Celtites trapezoidalis Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Danubitidae

Alternative combination: Danubites trapezoidalis

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Celtites according to W. Waagen 1895

See also Diener 1897

Sister taxa: Celtites acuteplicatus, Celtites buonarottii, Celtites epolensis, Celtites evolutus, Celtites josephi, Celtites laevigatus, Celtites ovalis, Celtites retrorsus, Celtites steindachneri, Celtites subrectangularis, Celtites teres

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidroo, very lowest Upper Ceratite Lst, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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