Leiophyllites timorensis Bando 1968 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Full reference: Y. Bando. 1968. Systematic palaeontology, in Lower and Middle Triassic Ammonites from Portuguese Timor (Palaeontological Study of Portuguese Timor, 4). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University. Series of Geology and Mineralogy 34(2):83-114

Belongs to Leiophyllites according to Y. Bando 1968

Sister taxa: Leiophyllites admaris, Leiophyllites asseretoi, Leiophyllites confucii, Leiophyllites ellipticus, Leiophyllites foliodenticulatus, Leiophyllites indoaustralicus, Leiophyllites laevis, Leiophyllites maritimus, Leiophyllites marshalli, Leiophyllites middlemissi, Leiophyllites pitamaha, Leiophyllites pradyumna, Leiophyllites pseudopradyumna, Leiophyllites radians, Leiophyllites serpentinus, Leiophyllites suessi, Leiophyllites taramellii, Leiophyllites variabilis, Leiophyllites visendus, Leiophyllites wakoi

Type specimen: Its type locality is TM 91006, western Manatuto, which is in a Spathian carbonate limestone in East Timor

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at TM 91006, western Manatuto

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