Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Lecanitidae
Alternative combination: Xenodiscus ophioneus
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Lecanites according to H. Frebold 1930
See also Waagen 1895 and Welter 1922
Sister taxa: Lecanites bronnii, Lecanites convolutus, Lecanites glaucus, Lecanites misanii, Lecanites sisupala
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidroo, upper Ceratite Sandstone (Flemingites beds), Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 48.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Indonesia (1 collection), Pakistan (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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