Glyptophiceras sinuatum Waagen 1895

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae

Alternative combinations: Dinarites sinuatus, Xenoceltites sinuatus

Synonyms: Glyptophiceras aequicostatus Diener 1913, Glyptophiceras althothae Diener 1913, Glyptophiceras salomoni Diener 1913, Lecanites laqueus Waagen 1895, Xenoceltites pulcher Guex 1978, Xenodiscus aequicostatus Diener 1913, Xenodiscus althothae Diener 1913, Xenodiscus comptoni Diener 1913, Xenodiscus laqueus Waagen 1895, Xenodiscus salomonii Diener 1913

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

Belongs to Glyptophiceras according to T. Brühwiler et al. 2012

See also Brühwiler et al. 2010, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Ermakova 1977, Frebold 1930, Kummel 1969, Spath 1934, Waagen 1895 and Wang 1978

Sister taxa: Glyptophiceras himalayanum, Glyptophiceras japonicum, Glyptophiceras kashmiricum, Glyptophiceras minimum, Glyptophiceras minor, Glyptophiceras mirum, Glyptophiceras ophioides, Glyptophiceras polare

Type specimens:

  • Glyptophiceras sinuatum: Its type locality is Chidroo, Bivalve Beds just below dolomite, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Bivalve Beds Formation of Pakistan
  • Lecanites laqueus: Its type locality is Chidroo, Bivalve Beds yellow sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Spathian marine sandstone in the Bivalve Beds Formation of Pakistan.
  • Xenoceltites pulcher: Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneva G-P 65, a shell. Its type locality is Zaluch, Bed 7, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.
  • Xenodiscus aequicostatus:
  • Xenodiscus althothae:
  • Xenodiscus comptoni:
  • Xenodiscus salomonii:

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.1

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (4 collections), India (3), Pakistan (10), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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