Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Full reference: K. Halder and S. Bardhan. 1997. On some new late Bathonian paracenoceratids (Nautiloidea) from Kutch, India and their evolutionary and biostratigraphic implications. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1997(9):543-561
Belongs to Paracenoceras according to K. Halder and S. Bardhan 1997
Sister taxa: Paracenoceras acklini, Paracenoceras arduennense, Paracenoceras calloviense, Paracenoceras dilatatum, Paracenoceras dorsatus, Paracenoceras dorsoexcavatus, Paracenoceras ennianum, Paracenoceras giganteum, Paracenoceras granulosum, Paracenoceras herznachensis, Paracenoceras hexagonum, Paracenoceras jumarense, Paracenoceras kumagunense, Paracenoceras lorioli, Paracenoceras macrum, Paracenoceras marocense, Paracenoceras meridionale, Paracenoceras mjatschkowanus, Paracenoceras moreausum, Paracenoceras prohexagonum, Paracenoceras rollieri, Paracenoceras sattleri, Paracenoceras schusteri, Paracenoceras siculus, Paracenoceras sinuosus, Paracenoceras speciosum, Paracenoceras staffelbergense, Paracenoceras subhexagonus, Paracenoceras sulcatum, Paracenoceras wepferi, Paracenoceras wilmae
Type specimen: GSI 2913, a shell. Its type locality is Mazar Drik, Polyphemus limestone, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in Pakistan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 181.6
Distribution:
• Jurassic of India (1 collection), Pakistan (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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