Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ceratites tropitus, Otoceras tropitum
Full reference: H. Abich. 1878. Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasischen Ländern. I Theil. Eine Bergkalkfauna aus der Araxesenge bei Djoulfa in Armenien 1-126
Belongs to Prototoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Abich 1878 and Arthaber 1900
Sister taxa: Prototoceras anfuense, Prototoceras complanatum, Prototoceras compressum, Prototoceras diluterotalum, Prototoceras discoidale, Prototoceras fedoroffi, Prototoceras fengchengense, Prototoceras hunanense, Prototoceras inflatum, Prototoceras intermedium, Prototoceras longilobatum, Prototoceras multidenticulatum, Prototoceras pachygyrum, Prototoceras parallelum, Prototoceras pessoides, Prototoceras plicatum, Prototoceras pulchriforme, Prototoceras raddei, Prototoceras simplex, Prototoceras venustum, Prototoceras xiangulingense
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (6 collections), Iran (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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