Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Full reference: L. M. Longridge, P. L. Smith, J. Pálfy and H. W. Tipper. 2008. Three new species of the Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammonite Sunrisites from British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 82:128-139
Belongs to Sunrisites according to L. M. Longridge et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Sunrisites chilcotinensis, Sunrisites chilensis, Sunrisites hadroptychus, Sunrisites senililevis
Type specimen: GSC 127383, a shell. Its type locality is Section B 01, Castle Pass, which is in an Angulata marine sandstone in the Last Creek Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 36.9
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (22: British Columbia collections)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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