Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1870. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5:5-18
Belongs to Arnioceras according to A. Hyatt 1894
Sister taxa: Arnioceras arnouldi, Arnioceras bodleyi, Arnioceras ceratitoides, Arnioceras cuneiforme, Arnioceras fieldingiceroides, Arnioceras insolitum, Arnioceras mendax, Arnioceras miserabile, Arnioceras paucicostum, Arnioceras pseudokridion, Arnioceras pseudoturneri, Arnioceras rejectum, Arnioceras robustum, Arnioceras semicostatum, Arnioceras semilaeve, Arnioceras speciosum, Arnioceras transitionis, Arniotites stautei, Arniotites schmerbitzii, Arniotites vancouverensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Volcano (Pilot Mountains), which is in a Lacian marine limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at GSC C-62449, near Reid Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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