Ambites rupestris Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

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

Belongs to Ambites according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Ambites atavus, Ambites bjerageri, Ambites bojeseni, Ambites discus, Ambites ferruginus, Ambites frechi, Ambites impressa, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites radiatus, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites superior, Ambites tenuis, Ambites wissneri

Type specimen: Its type locality is West of Khoora, lowest beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.0

Distribution: found only at West of Khoora, lowest beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range

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