Gyronites sitala Diener 1897 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Alternative combination: Danubites sitala

Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Cephalopoda of the Lower Trias. Palaeontologia Indica 15(2):1-581

Belongs to Gyronites according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018

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 rigidus, Gyronites schwanderi, 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

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections), India (4), Pakistan (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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