Ceratites (Helictites) atalanta von Mojsisovics 1896 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thetiditidae

Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1896. Upper Triassic Cephalopoda faunae of the Himalaya. Palaeontologia Indica 10(3):1-264

Belongs to Ceratites (Helictites) according to E. von Mojsisovics 1896

Sister taxa: Helictites beneckei, Helictites decorus, Helictites geniculatus, Helictites leislingensis, Helictites minor, Helictites pacalis, Helictites subgeniculatus, Helictites sundaicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bambanag, Halorites Beds, which is in a Norian carbonate limestone in India

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bambanag, Halorites Beds

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