Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sphingitidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites meyeri, Arcestes meyeri
Full reference: A. Klipstein. 1843. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken. Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen 101-207
Belongs to Sphingites according to E. von Mojsisovics 1902
See also Klipstein 1843, von Mojsisovics 1875 and von Mojsisovics 1882
Sister taxa: Sphingites bacchus, Sphingites bronni, Sphingites coangustatus, Sphingites favrei, Sphingites meriani, Sphingites pumilio, Sphingites stoppanii, Sphingites turcicus
Type specimen: 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 13.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Italy (2), Romania (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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