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
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 fulguratum, 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 solitarium, Meekoceras tardum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nanga, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratites Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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