Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Aspidites according to W. Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Clypeoceras excentricum, Clypeoceras largisellatum, Clypeoceras superbum, Clypeoceras timorense, Aspidites dentosus, Aspidites magnumbilicatus, Aspidites meridianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidroo, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 77.0
Distribution: found only at Chidroo, Stachella beds, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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