Megaphyllites procerus Arthaber 1896 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae

Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1896. Die Cephalopodenfauna der Reiflinger Kalke. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 10:1-111

Belongs to Megaphyllites according to N. Fantini Sestini 1988

See also Arthaber 1896 and Arthaber 1915

Sister taxa: Megaphyllites applanatus, Megaphyllites chiosensis, Megaphyllites compressus, Megaphyllites evolutus, Megaphyllites gebzensis, Megaphyllites humilis, Megaphyllites insectus, Megaphyllites jarbas, Megaphyllites johannisboehmi, Megaphyllites obolus, Megaphyllites oenipontanus, Megaphyllites prometheus, Megaphyllites sandalinus, Megaphyllites transiens, Megaphyllites wildhorsensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tiefengraben (Arthaber section), which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Gutenstein Formation of Austria

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 14.4

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Turkey (8)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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