Beyrichites cognatus Wagner 1891 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Alternative combination: Beneckeia cognata

Full reference: R. Wagner. 1891. Ueber einige Versteinerungen des unteren Muschelkalks von Jena. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 43:879-901

Belongs to Beyrichites according to Frech 1908

See also Wagner 1891

Sister taxa: Beyrichites affinis, Beyrichites beneckei, Beyrichites bittneri, Beyrichites kesava, Beyrichites khanikofi, Beyrichites laurae, Beyrichites maturus, Beyrichites proximus, Beyrichites reuttensis, Beyrichites rudra, Beyrichites thuringiacus, Beyrichites yuati

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rosenthal, Zwätzen, Jena (Schaumkalk) (Triassic of Germany)

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