Hyattites praefloridus von Mojsisovics 1873

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Haloritidae

Alternative combinations: Meekoceras praefloridum, Pinacoceras praefloridum

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 Hyattites according to F. Tatzreiter and I. Zorn 2013

See also Spath 1951, von Mojsisovics 1873, von Mojsisovics 1882 and von Mojsisovics 1902

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GBA 1873/005/0077, a shell. 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 54.0

Distribution: found only at Röthelstein, lower layer with Arcestes ellipticus

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