Eoptychites obliqueplicatus Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Alternative combination: Proptychites obliqueplicatus

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Eoptychites according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also Diener 1897 and Waagen 1895

Sister taxon: Eoptychites evolutus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Koofri, bed 10 (Stachella beds), Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.0

Distribution: found only at Koofri, bed 10 (Stachella beds), Salt Range

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