Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Alternative combination: Danubites rigidus
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Cephalopoda of the Lower Trias. Palaeontologia Indica 15(2):1-581
Belongs to Gyronites according to J. F. Jenks et al. 2025
See also Diener 1897 and Ware and Bucher 2018
Sister taxa: Gyronites arenosus, Gyronites bullatus, Gyronites dubius, Gyronites frequens, Gyronites levilatus, Gyronites plicosus, Gyronites radians, Gyronites recentis, Gyronites schwanderi, Gyronites sitala, Gyronites subdharmus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dharma No. XI, Lissar Valley, Johar (Otoceras beds), which is in an Induan marine horizon in India.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), India (2), Pakistan (1), United States (5: Nevada)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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