Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative combination: Meekoceras markhami
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Cephalopoda of the Lower Trias. Palaeontologia Indica 15(2):1-581
Belongs to Proptychites according to L. F. Spath 1934
See also Diener 1897
Sister taxa: Proptychites aberrans, Proptychites ammonoides, Proptychites anomalus, Proptychites candidus, Proptychites discoides, Proptychites grandis, Proptychites intermedius, Proptychites kummeli, Proptychites latifimbriatus, Proptychites lawrencianus, Proptychites magnumbilicatus, Proptychites mulleri, Proptychites newelli, Proptychites oldhamianus, Proptychites pagei, Proptychites plicatus, Proptychites rosenkrantzi, Proptychites scheibleri, Proptychites simplex, Proptychites subdiscoides, Proptychites subgrandis, Proptychites trilobatus, Proptychites wargalensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kiunglung Camp, SW of Niti Pass (Otoceras beds), which is in an Induan marine horizon in India
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (3), Oman (4)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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