Tsvetkovites varius Weitschat and Lehmann 1983 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tsvetkovitidae

Full reference: W. Weitschat and U. Lehmann. 1983. Stratigraphy and ammonoids from the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation (Daonella shales) of Spitsbergen. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 54:27-54

Belongs to Tsvetkovites according to A. S. Dagys and A. G. Konstantinov 1997

See also Weitschat and Lehmann 1983

Sister taxa: Tsvetkovites constantis, Tsvetkovites freboldi, Tsvetkovites neraensis, Tsvetkovites stolleyi

Type specimen: SGPIHM 2815. Its type locality is East side of Sauriedalen, Dickson Land, which is in a Fassanian marine shale in the Botneheia Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.3

Distribution:

• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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