Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Nathorstitidae
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 Indigirites according to A. S. Dagys and A. G. Konstantinov 1997
See also Weitschat and Lehmann 1983
Sister taxa: Indigirites argatassensis, Indigirites krugi, Indigirites tzaregradskii
Type specimen: SGPIHM 2819. Its type locality is Botneheia, Nordenskjold Land (upper nodule layer), 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 36.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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