Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Full reference: D. Ware and H. Bucher. 2018. Systematic palaeontology, in Griesbachian and Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Salt Range, Pakistan. Fossils and Strata 63:11-175
Belongs to Ambites according to X. Dai et al. 2023
See also Ware and Bucher 2018 and Ware and Bucher 2018
Sister taxa: Ambites atavus, Ambites bjerageri, Ambites discus, Ambites ferruginus, Ambites frechi, Ambites impressa, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites radiatus, Ambites rupestris, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites superior, Ambites tenuis, Ambites wissneri
Type specimen: PIMUZ30318. Its type locality is Nammal Nala, LMH-8, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone/shale in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (6), Pakistan (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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