Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Alternative combination: Pinacoceras insectum
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1873. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Eine geologisch-paläontologische Studie aus den Alpen. 1 Teil, Die Mollusken-Faunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter-Schichten. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):1-82
Belongs to Megaphyllites according to A. A. Shevyrev 1995
See also Astakhova 1968, Astakhova 1971, Bychkov et al. 1976, Shevyrev 1990, von Mojsisovics 1873 and von Mojsisovics 1902
Sister taxa: Megaphyllites applanatus, Megaphyllites chiosensis, Megaphyllites compressus, Megaphyllites evolutus, Megaphyllites gebzensis, Megaphyllites humilis, Megaphyllites jarbas, Megaphyllites johannisboehmi, Megaphyllites obolus, Megaphyllites oenipontanus, Megaphyllites procerus, Megaphyllites prometheus, Megaphyllites sandalinus, Megaphyllites transiens, Megaphyllites wildhorsensis
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.2
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (9 collections), the Russian Federation (7), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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