Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sandlingitidae
Alternative combination: Clionites fairbanksi
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Clionites (Traskites) according to J. P. Smith 1927
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905
Sister taxa: Clionites (Traskites) americanus, Clionites (Traskites) nanus, Clionites (Traskites) robustus, Clionites (Traskites) stantoni, Clionites (Traskites) tornquisti, Traskites (Neanites), Traskites (Stantonites)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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