Arpadites kingi Smith 1927 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Belongs to Arpadites according to J. P. Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Arpadites arpadis, Arpadites bracki, Arpadites busiris, Arpadites cinensis, Arpadites dichotomus, Arpadites helenae, Arpadites lissarensis, Arpadites manzonii, Arpadites orientalis, Arpadites pilari, Arpadites pulcher, Arpadites rimosus, Arpadites rueppeli, Arpadites sakawanus, Arpadites sesostris, Arpadites stracheyi, Arpadites szaboi, Arpadites telleri, Arpadites toldyi, Arpadites trettensis, Arpadites vaceki

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

Distribution: found only at Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone)

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