Prionolobus ophioneus Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

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

Belongs to Prionolobus according to W. Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Meekoceras (Prionolobus) waageni, Prionolobus buchianus, Prionolobus hanieli, Prionolobus hubeiensis, Prionolobus indoaustralicus, Prionolobus konincki, Prionolobus lucinus, Prionolobus orbis, Prionolobus planulatus, Prionolobus sequens, Prionolobus welteri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Khoora, Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 55.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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