Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Full reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1988. Anisian ammonites from Gebze area (Kokaeli Peninsula, Turkey). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 94:35-80
Belongs to Megaphyllites according to N. Fantini Sestini 1988
Sister taxa: Megaphyllites applanatus, Megaphyllites chiosensis, Megaphyllites compressus, Megaphyllites evolutus, Megaphyllites humilis, Megaphyllites insectus, Megaphyllites jarbas, Megaphyllites johannisboehmi, Megaphyllites obolus, Megaphyllites oenipontanus, Megaphyllites procerus, Megaphyllites prometheus, Megaphyllites sandalinus, Megaphyllites transiens, Megaphyllites wildhorsensis
Type specimen: MPUM 6121. Its type locality is T75, Section VI, Gebze area, which is in a Bithynian carbonate limestone in Turkey.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 12.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of Turkey (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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