Meekoceras fulguratum Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

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

Belongs to Meekoceras according to W. Waagen 1895

See also Diener 1897

Sister taxa: Meekoceras bittneri, Meekoceras bonnevillense, Meekoceras boreale, Meekoceras cadoricum, Meekoceras caprilense, Meekoceras caucasium, Meekoceras corvarense, Meekoceras cristatum, Meekoceras darvazicum, Meekoceras davisi, Meekoceras dubium, Meekoceras gracilitatis, Meekoceras haydeni, Meekoceras infrequens, Meekoceras japonicum, Meekoceras kraffti, Meekoceras luchnikovi, Meekoceras marginale, Meekoceras millardense, Meekoceras mushbachanum, Meekoceras nakazawai, Meekoceras olivieri, Meekoceras orientale, Meekoceras pusillum, Meekoceras rota, Meekoceras solitarium, Meekoceras tardum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Siranki-Dok, Upper Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian coastal sandstone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 141.0

Distribution:

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

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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