Kymatites typus 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 Kymatites according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Kymatites posterus, Kymatites xiaohensis, Kymatites yanjiaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sheik-Budin, Lower Ceratite Limestone, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 54.0

Distribution: found only at Sheik-Budin, Lower Ceratite Limestone

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