Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Full reference: A. Brayard, K. G. Bylund, and J. F. Jenks. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Smithian ammonoid faunas from Utah: implications for Early Triassic biostratigraphy, correlation and basinal paleogeography. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 132
Belongs to Meekoceras according to A. Brayard et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Meekoceras bittneri, Meekoceras bonnevillense, Meekoceras boreale, Meekoceras cadoricum, Meekoceras caprilense, Meekoceras caucasium, Meekoceras corvarense, Meekoceras cristatum, Meekoceras darvazicum, Meekoceras davisi, Meekoceras dubium, Meekoceras fulguratum, Meekoceras gracilitatis, Meekoceras haydeni, Meekoceras infrequens, Meekoceras japonicum, Meekoceras kraffti, Meekoceras luchnikovi, Meekoceras marginale, Meekoceras millardense, Meekoceras mushbachanum, Meekoceras nakazawai, Meekoceras orientale, Meekoceras pusillum, Meekoceras rota, Meekoceras solitarium, Meekoceras tardum
Type specimen: UBGD 275116, a shell. Its type locality is DV2-200, Dog Valley, Pahvant Range, which is in a Smithian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Utah.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at DV2-200, Dog Valley, Pahvant Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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