Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites everesti
Belongs to Ptychites according to C. Diener 1907
Sister taxa: Ptychites besnosovi, Ptychites breunigi, Ptychites cognatus, Ptychites cultrata, Ptychites cylindroides, Ptychites densistriatus, Ptychites domatus, Ptychites dontianus, Ptychites durandii, Ptychites embreei, Ptychites eusomus, Ptychites evansi, Ptychites evolvens, Ptychites gibbus, Ptychites globus, Ptychites gradinarui, Ptychites guloensis, Ptychites hamatus, Ptychites intermedius, Ptychites mahendra, Ptychites maximus, Ptychites miyagiensis, Ptychites nipponicus, Ptychites noricus, Ptychites oppeli, Ptychites opulentus, Ptychites posthumus, Ptychites progressus, Ptychites pseudoeuglyphus, Ptychites rectangulatus, Ptychites reductus, Ptychites rugifer, Ptychites sahadeva, Ptychites stachei, Ptychites stoliczkai, Ptychites sumitra, Ptychites tibetanus, Ptychites trochleaeformis, Ptychites uhligi, Ptychites vidura, Ptychites wrighti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shalshal Cliff (unspecified "Muschelkalk"), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in India
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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