Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative combination: Ceratites latifimbriatus
Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19
Belongs to Proptychites according to L. F. Spath 1934
See also de Koninck 1863 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Proptychites aberrans, Proptychites ammonoides, Proptychites anomalus, Proptychites candidus, Proptychites discoides, Proptychites grandis, Proptychites intermedius, Proptychites kummeli, Proptychites lawrencianus, Proptychites magnumbilicatus, Proptychites markhami, Proptychites mulleri, Proptychites newelli, Proptychites oldhamianus, Proptychites pagei, Proptychites plicatus, Proptychites rosenkrantzi, Proptychites scheibleri, Proptychites simplex, Proptychites subdiscoides, Proptychites subgrandis, Proptychites trilobatus, Proptychites wargalensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vurcha, Salt Range (Fleming Ceratite Fm coll), which is in a Triassic marine limestone in Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 92.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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