Lecanites bronnii Klipstein 1843 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Lecanitidae

Alternative combination: Goniatites bronnii

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 Lecanites according to L. F. Spath 1951

See also Klipstein 1843

Sister taxa: Lecanites convolutus, Lecanites glaucus, Lecanites misanii, Lecanites ophioneus, Lecanites sisupala

Type specimen: BMNH C.36014a. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll)

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