Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Alternative combinations: Ceratites jarbas, Pinacoceras jarbas
Synonym: Ammonites umbilicatus Klipstein 1843
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Megaphyllites according to S. Lukeneder and A. Lukeneder 2014
See also Arthaber 1915, Fantini Sestini 1994, Fantini Sestini 1996, Klipstein 1843, Liang 1977, Münster 1841, Shevyrev 1990, von Mojsisovics 1873, von Mojsisovics 1882 and von Mojsisovics 1902
Sister taxa: Megaphyllites applanatus, Megaphyllites chiosensis, Megaphyllites compressus, Megaphyllites evolutus, Megaphyllites gebzensis, Megaphyllites humilis, Megaphyllites insectus, Megaphyllites johannisboehmi, Megaphyllites obolus, Megaphyllites oenipontanus, Megaphyllites procerus, Megaphyllites prometheus, Megaphyllites sandalinus, Megaphyllites transiens, Megaphyllites wildhorsensis
Type specimens:
- Megaphyllites jarbas: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
- Ammonites umbilicatus: BMNH C35978a. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 37.3
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (5 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Malaysia (1), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Turkey (3), United States (1: California)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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