Ceratites royleanus Diener 1907 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Full reference: C. Diener. 1907. The Fauna of the Himalayan Muschelkalk. Palaeontologia Indica 15(5):1-140

Belongs to Ceratites according to C. Diener 1907

Sister taxa: Ammonites (Ceratites) cingulatus, Ceratites (Austroceratites), Ceratites (Cycloceratites), Ceratites (Haydenites), Ceratites (Philippites), Ceratites (Salterites), Ceratites altecostatus, Ceratites anceps, Ceratites angularis, Ceratites antecedens, Ceratites aon, Ceratites armatus, Ceratites beneckei, Ceratites beyrichi, Ceratites bipunctatus, Ceratites celtitiformis, Ceratites comottii, Ceratites compressus, Ceratites delmatinus, Ceratites devasena, Ceratites dimorphus, Ceratites disculus, Ceratites enodis, Ceratites evolutus, Ceratites fuchsi, Ceratites haradai, Ceratites hauerianus, Ceratites hercynus, Ceratites humilis, Ceratites inflatus, Ceratites kamadeva, Ceratites karstenii, Ceratites loretzi, Ceratites luganensis, Ceratites mandhata, Ceratites middendorffi, Ceratites murchisonianus, Ceratites naumanni, Ceratites nodosus, Ceratites padma, Ceratites patella, Ceratites pessoidesdup, Ceratites petersi, Ceratites planus, Ceratites pradoi, Ceratites praecursor, Ceratites praespinosus, Ceratites prettoi, Ceratites pseudovindelicus, Ceratites riccardi, Ceratites riedeli, Ceratites robustus, Ceratites sagitta, Ceratites simplex, Ceratites spinosus, Ceratites sturi, Ceratites suavis, Ceratites superbiformis, Ceratites thuilleri, Ceratites truncus, Ceratites varisci, Ceratites vega, Ceratites visvakarma, Ceratites weaveri, Ceratites wynnei, Ceratites zezianum, Ceratites zitteli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shalshal Cliff (unspecified "Muschelkalk"), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in India

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shalshal Cliff (unspecified "Muschelkalk")

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