Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
Alternative combinations: Lytoceras patens, Rhacophyllites (Discophyllites) patens
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 Discophyllites according to M. Rakús 1993
See also Smith 1927, Spath 1934, von Mojsisovics 1873, von Mojsisovics 1902 and Wiedmann 1970
Sister taxa: Discophyllites ebneri, Discophyllites insignis, Discophyllites nikolaevi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Someraukogel, fleischrother Marmor, which is in a Lacian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Indonesia (2), United States (3: Alaska, California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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