Subplanites nepalensis Helmstaedt 1969 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Full reference: H. Helmstaedt. 1969. Eine Ammoniten-Fauna aus den Spiti-Schiefern von Muktinath in Nepal. Zitteliana 1:63-88

Belongs to Subplanites according to H. Helmstaedt 1969

Sister taxon: Subplanites contiguus

Type specimen: BSPG 1962 XXI 170, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 145.0

Distribution: found only at Muktinath, nördlich des Annapuma-Massivs (Jurassic of Nepal)

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