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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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