Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Alternative combination: Gyronites superior
Synonyms: Meekoceras disciforme von Krafft 1909, Prionolobus ovalis 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 Ambites according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Spath 1934 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Ambites atavus, Ambites bjerageri, Ambites bojeseni, Ambites discus, Ambites ferruginus, Ambites frechi, Ambites impressa, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites radiatus, Ambites rupestris, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites tenuis, Ambites wissneri
Type specimens:
- Ambites superior: Its type locality is West of Khoora, uppermost beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan
- Meekoceras disciforme:
- Prionolobus ovalis: Its type locality is West of Khoora, uppermost beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.4
Distribution:
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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