Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Alternative combination: Pinacoceras placodes
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1873. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Eine geologisch-paläontologische Studie aus den Alpen. 1 Teil, Die Mollusken-Faunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter-Schichten. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):1-82
Belongs to Placites according to E. von Mojsisovics 1902
See also von Mojsisovics 1873
Sister taxa: Placites humboldtensis, Placites myophorus, Placites oldhami, Placites omphalius, Placites oxyphyllus, Placites perauctus, Placites platyphyllus, Placites polydactylus, Placites postsymmetricus, Placites subsymmetricus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Röthelstein, lower layer with Arcestes ellipticus, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 43.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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