Kingites davidsonianus de Koninck 1863 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Alternative combinations: Ceratites davidsonianus, Koninckites davidsonianus

Synonyms: Aspidites declivis Waagen 1895, Kingites declivis Waagen 1895, Kingites elegans Waterhouse 1996, Kingites lens Waagen 1895, Koninckites occlusus Spath 1934

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19

Belongs to Kingites according to X. Dai et al. 2023

See also de Koninck 1863, Spath 1934, Waagen 1895, Ware and Bucher 2018 and Ware and Bucher 2018

Sister taxa: Kingites discoidalis, Kingites korni, Kingites korostelevi, Kingites minutus, Kingites thulensis, Kingites vidarbha

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.7

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (5 collections), India (6), Pakistan (6)

Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences

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