Cephalopoda - Aulacocerida - Aulacoceratidae
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 Dictyoconites according to J. P. Smith 1927
Sister taxa: Dictyoconites (Dictyoconites), Dictyoconites brancoi, Dictyoconites dieneri, Dictyoconites haueri, Dictyoconites haugi, Dictyoconites lacicus, Dictyoconites quadrilineatus, Dictyoconites ruber, Dictyoconites seminudus, Dictyoconites suessi, Dictyoconites taramellii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Old quarry at southeast end of Brock Mountain, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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