Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Full reference: M. Balini, J. Jenks, and R. Martin. 2012. Taxonomy and stratigraphic significance of Trachyceras silberlingi n. sp., from the Lower Carnian of South Canyon (New Pass Range, central Nevada, USA). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51:127-136
Belongs to Trachyceras according to M. Balini et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Trachyceras acutocostatum, Trachyceras amicum, Trachyceras aon, Trachyceras aonoides, Trachyceras austriacum, Trachyceras avisianum, Trachyceras bipunctatum, Trachyceras bouei, Trachyceras cordevolicum, Trachyceras desatoyense, Trachyceras dichotomum, Trachyceras douvillei, Trachyceras epolense, Trachyceras fedaiae, Trachyceras hacqueti, Trachyceras ibericum, Trachyceras infundibuliforme, Trachyceras judicaricum, Trachyceras laricum, Trachyceras liepoldti, Trachyceras mandelslohi, Trachyceras medusae, Trachyceras muensteri, Trachyceras multituberculatum, Trachyceras neumayri, Trachyceras oenanum, Trachyceras paronai, Trachyceras pescolense, Trachyceras pontius, Trachyceras pustericum, Trachyceras roderici, Trachyceras rutoranum, Trachyceras stuerzenbaumi, Trachyceras sulciferum, Trachyceras symmetricum, Trachyceras tibeticum, Trachyceras trinodosum, Trachyceras villanovae
Type specimen: MPUM 11061. Its type locality is Sample F26, South Canyon, which is in a Julian offshore limestone in the Augusta Mountain Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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