Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Full reference: C. Diener. 1907. The Fauna of the Himalayan Muschelkalk. Palaeontologia Indica 15(5):1-140
Belongs to Atractites according to C. Diener 1907
Sister taxa: Atractites alveolaris, Atractites ausseeanus, Atractites bacchilidis, Atractites bithynicus, Atractites boeckhi, Atractites clavatulus, Atractites conicus, Atractites elegans, Atractites ladinus, Atractites mallyi, Atractites meneghinii, Atractites obeliscus, Atractites secundus, Atractites solidus, Atractites subrotundus, Atractites subundatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jolinka, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in Nepal
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jolinka
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