Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae
Alternative combination: Cheiloceras (Staffites) schmidti
Full reference: M. S. Petersen. 1975. Upper Devonian (Famennian) ammonoids from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Paleontological Society Memoir 8:1-55
Belongs to Puncticeras according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002
See also Petersen 1975
Sister taxa: Puncticeras ajense, Puncticeras anumbilicatum, Puncticeras gastriforme, Puncticeras lagowiense, Puncticeras ovatus, Puncticeras pompeckji, Puncticeras semiinversum, Puncticeras sublagowiense, Puncticeras ultimum
Type specimen: UWA 61433, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.0
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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