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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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