Placites oldhami von Mojsisovics 1896 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

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

Belongs to Placites according to E. von Mojsisovics 1896

Sister taxa: Placites humboldtensis, Placites myophorus, Placites omphalius, Placites oxyphyllus, Placites perauctus, Placites placodes, Placites platyphyllus, Placites polydactylus, Placites postsymmetricus, Placites subsymmetricus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lauka, Daonella beds, which is in a Carnian carbonate limestone in India

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lauka, Daonella beds

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