Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Synonyms: Koninckites apertus Spath 1934, Meekoceras rotundiforme Diener 1915, Meekoceras smithii von Krafft 1909, Meekoceras waageni von Krafft 1909, Prionolobus rotundatus Waagen 1895
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Koninckites according to X. Dai et al. 2023
See also Brühwiler et al. 2010, Spath 1934, Waagen 1895, Ware and Bucher 2018, Ware and Bucher 2018 and Zakharov and Mu 2007
Sister taxa: Koninckites dimidiatus, Koninckites khoorensis, Koninckites libyssinus, Koninckites lingyunensis, Koninckites radiatus, Koninckites timorensis, Koninckites truncatus, Koninckites varaha, Meekoceras (Koninckites) tuberculatum
Type specimens:
- Koninckites vetustus: Its type locality is Chidroo, Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian marine sandstone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan
- Koninckites apertus: BMNH C. 10440. Its type locality is Chideru, Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in the Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.
- Meekoceras rotundiforme:
- Meekoceras smithii:
- Meekoceras waageni:
- Prionolobus rotundatus: Its type locality is Virgal, Ceratite Marls, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 48.3
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (4 collections), India (5), Pakistan (9)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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